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Biennial report of the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History

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TWENTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT
of the
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
JULY 1, 1954
TO
JUNE 30, 1956
RALEIGH
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
1956
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Executive Board*
McDaniel Lewis, Chairman, Greensboro
Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern
Fletcher M. Green, Chapel Hill
Clarence W, Griffin, Forest City
Josh L. Home, Rocky Mount
William Thomas Laprade, Durham
Mrs. P. F. Patton, Hendersonville
Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh
For terms of office of members of the Executive Board, see below,
Appendix VII, p. 53.
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency
Luther H. Hodges
Governor of North Carolma
Dear Governor Hodges
:
In compliance with Chapter 543, Session Laws of 1955, I
have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Report of North Carolina De-partment
of Archives and History for the period, July 1,
1954-June 30, 1956.
Respectfully,
Christopher Crittenden,
Director
Raleigh, July 1, 1956
CONTENTS
A Period of Continued Progress 6
Division of Archives and Manuscripts 10
Division of Historic Sites 20
Division of Museums 30
Division of Publications 37
Appendixes:
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1956 46
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1954-1956 46
Number of Employees as of June 30
at the End of Each Biennium 47
Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1956 48
List of Employees, Showing Name, Title, and
Period of Service 48
Publications of Members of the Staff 50
Terms of Office of Members of the Executive
Board; the Members, June 30, 1956; and the
Dates of Appointment 53
Archives and Manuscripts Accessioned, 1954-1956 53
Services Rendered by the Division of Archives
and Manuscripts, 1954-1956 67
Number of Visits to Search Room for Each
Biennium, 1928-1956 69
Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits
to Search Room 69
Topics of Research Being Pursued by Visitors
to Search Room, 1954-1956 69
Services Rendered by the Division of Archives
and Manuscripts Restoration and Copying 71
State Records Microfilmed, July 1954-June 1956. ... 71
State Agencies Served by Records Control
Program, 1954-1956 71
Partial List of North Carolina Counties Served
by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts,
1954-1956 72
New Historical Markers Approved During the
Biennium 72
Ceremonies at the Unveiling of Historical Markers 74
Registration at the Hall of History by State and
Foreign Country, 1954-1956 ' 75
Museum Items Accessioned 76
Volumes, Pamphlets, Leaflets, and Charts Mailed
by Month 92
Copies of The North Car-olina Historical Review
Mailed Per Issue 92
Back Issues of The North Carolina Historical
Review Mailed Per Month 92
Paid-Up Subscriptions, New or Renewal, Received
for The North Carolina Histoncal Review,
Per Month 93
Articles Published in The North Carolina
Historical Review 93
Documentary Materials Published in The North
Carolina Historical Revieiv 95
Copies of Carolina Comments Mailed Per Issue . 95
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
July 1, 1954, to June 30, 1956
A Period of Continued Progress
During the 1954-1956 biennium the Department contin-ued
to expand and progress in many ways—in the total of
its appropriation, in the size of its staff, and, most im-portant
of all, in the scope, volume, and quality of its
services to the public.
Neiv Basic Act
The General Assembly at its regular 1955 session passed
a bill that became Chapter 543, Session Laws of 1955, re-defining
and re-stating the duties and functions of the
Department. The bill had been prepared by the Commission
on Reorganization of State Government in co-operation with
the Department, and in general it strengthened and clarified
the provisions of the law relating to the Department. The
major change was that it transferred from the Department
of Conservation and Development to the Department of
Archives and History the State's historic sites function.
Appropriation
The Department's appropriation, which had increased
rapidly in recent years, reached new high levels during
the biennium. From $161,203 in 1953-1954, the total
dropped slightly to $160,084 in 1954-1955 but cHmbed to
$183,182 in 1955-1956.' These totals do not include $10,000
available each year from the Highway Fund for historical
markers and also certain additional sums, so that the grand
total for the last year mentioned exceeded $200,000.
Staff
The Department's staff continued to increase in size, from
31 on June 30, 1954, to 33 two years later.- Of greater
' For appropriations and expenditures, 1980-1954, and the Department's budset,
1954-1956, see below, Appendixes l-II, pp. 46-47.
- For the number of employees, 1908-1956; positions and salary ranges, June 30,
1956; list of employees, 1954-1956; and a list of staff publications, see below. Appen-dixes
III, IV, V, and VI, pp. 47, 48, 50.
State Department of Archives and History 7
significance, perhaps, was the fact that during the period
under review the quality of the staff was probably higher
than ever before. Through the use of the position descrip-tions
prepared several years ago by the State Personnel
Department, in co-operation with the Department of Ar-chives
and History, it has been a sine qua non that each
new employee meet the minimum prescribed standards and
it has been possible to emphasize the professional nature
of the latter Department's program.
Archives and Manuscripts
By far the most significant accession in Archives and
Manuscripts has been a gift from Honorable Thurmond
Chatham, Congressman from the Fifth North Carolina
District. This collection includes 27 original docum.ents
relating to North Carolina, 1664-1674, among them the
commission and instructions of the Governor of Albemarle,
1667, and other documents of the Lords Proprietors. The
Division continues to be hampered by the lack of suitably
constructed space and of sufficient total space, as well as by
the lack of a staff sufficiently large to perform the assigned
duties, but nevertheless it has performed notable and in-creasing
services. The Records Control Program has made
further progress, facilitated toward the end of the bien-nium
by the physical consolidation of the entire program in
the new Records Center.'
Historic Sites
While the General Assembly in 1955 transferred to the
Department the historic sites function, it made only a small
appropriation for the purpose—nothing for central ad-ministration.-
By certain measures of reorganization and
certain transfers in the budget, however, it was possible
at least to make a beginning in this field, and effective
October 1, 1955, a new Division of Historic Sites was
established within the Department. The groundwork was
thus laid for this new program and progress was made both
in developing the sites transferred to the Department and
' For further information on the program and accomplishments of the Division of
Archives and Manuscripts, see below, pp. 10-19.
- For further information about the program of the Division of Historic Sites, see
below, pp. 20-29.
8 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
also in advising and assisting private individuals and un-official
organizations in preserving and maintaining historic
sites. A total of 42 historical markers were authorized,
bringing the grand total to 809.
Museums
The Hall of History (state historical museum) has con-tinued
its program of following the latest and most ap-proved
museum methods and practices in portraying to
the State's people their common heritage. Several perma-nent
exhibits were added, and various special exhibits were
opened.' Among the most important accessions was an
original kitchen, over a century old, that was brought more
than 100 miles to Raleigh, along with many of its original
furnishings. The attendance continued to increase, amount-ing
during the biennium to an estimated 218,178. Of special
significance was the development of the Tarheel Junior
Historian Association.
Publications
The Department's program of publishing documentary
volumes, The North Carolina Historical Review (a histori-cal
quarterly), Carolina Comments (a newsletter), pamph-lets,
and leaflets was continued. The number of subscribers
to The Review reached a new high. Of significance was the
publication of the eighth volume of The Records of the
Moravians in North Carolina, a series begun in 1922 that
covers the history of that remarkable group of settlers
and their descendants from 1752 to 1837. In order to make
the publication program more nearly self-sustaining, the
price of a subscription to The Review was increased from
$2.00 to $3.00, the price of each documentary volume was
increased from $1.00 to $3.00, and a small fee was charged
for most of the pamphlets and leaflets.
-
A Program of Service
In addition to the ways mentioned above, the Department
sought to serve by every means possible the people of the
State and to bring history alive for them. It co-operated
' For more detailed information regarding the program of the Division of Museums,
see below, pp. 30-36.
" For additional data on the publication program, see below, pp. 37-45.
State Department of Archives and History 9
closely with the State Literary and Historical Association,
which was carrying on a broader and more effective pro-gram
than ever before; the Director of the Department,
following the custom of many years, continued to serve as
Secretary of the Association, and various members of the
Department's staff assisted the Association in many ways.
Staff members continued to travel to all parts of the State,
delivering addresses and participating in ceremonies and
movements of various kinds (all in the general field of
North Carolina history). Also, staff members continued to
play a leading part in the affairs of different national and
regional historical and allied organizations.
Neiv Bidldincj
The Department will never to the fullest degree serve the
State and its people until it is housed in a building especially
designed for its needs. At the present time it is located in
the State Education Building, which is primarily an office
building and is in certain ways unsuited to the require-ments
of a department of archives and history. A request
was made to the 1955 General Assembly for an appropria-tion
of $1,363,465 for an Archives and History Building,
but the budgetary situation was so tight that at the time
there was no hope of obtaining such an appropriation and
the request was not pushed.
Executive Board
On August 10, 1954, Governor Umstead appointed Mr.
Josh L. Home of Rocky Mount to fill the unexpired term
of B. F. Brown, who had resigned on May 6, 1954. On
August 20, 1954, Mr. McDaniel Lewis was elected Chairman
of the Executive Board. On July 18, 1955, Governor Hodges
reappointed Mr. Home for a term expiring March 31, 1961,
and appointed Dr. Fletcher M. Green of Chapel Hill for a
term expiring March 31, 1961, succeeding Mrs. B. T.
Williams of Stedman.'
The program and activities of the Department during the
biennium are described more in detail on the pages that
follow.
' For the terms of the Executive Board and the dates of their appointment, see
below. Appendix VII, p. 53.
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS
H. G. Jones, State Archivist
The Division of Archives and Manuscripts consists of
two closely related but physically separated sections^ the
Archives proper and the Records Control Program. For
the convenience of this report, the sections are discussed
here separately.
The Archives
Several changes in personnel during the 1954-1956 bien-nium
have perhaps prevented the Archives from function-ing
in the most efficient manner. Taking into account the
interruptions, staff changes, and shortage of personnel, the
Archives shows marked progress and considerable accomp-lishments.
The most pressing needs of two years ago are
still the most urgent needs of the Division—i.e., more and
better designed and equipped space, and additional person-nel.
Improper air conditioning in the archives areas has
resulted in considerable anxiety over whether or not the
records are being adequately protected against excessive
heat, humidity, and exposure. Due to the unorthodox ar-rangement
of a combination of heating pipes and cool air
in the stacks, it is questionable whether the problem can
be remedied at all. This is the most compelling support for
the Department's efforts to secure appropriations for a new
building. The staff can watch over and make use of the
unique records in the Archives with great care, but they
cannot prevent deterioration of the valuable holdings be-cause
of defective structural conditions, conditions which
every electrical engineer who has observed the situation
has concluded are incapable of remedy.
As the following paragraphs and appendixes will reveal,
the small Archives staff has accomplished a great deal not
only in collecting and preserving records, but just as im-portantly,
in making these records available to professional
and amateur historians, biographers, genealogists, national,
state, and local officials, and the public in general. Thou-sands
of persons were served in visits to the Search Room
and by mail, thousands of pages of irreplaceable records
State Department of Archives and History 11
12 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
were restored and laminated, and photostatic copies, micro-film,
and microfilm prints were made. All this work was in
addition to the routine archival duties of accessioning, in-ventorying,
describing, shelving, and preserving the rec-ords.
This work was done by an archival staff of six persons
including the State Archivist.
Yet these impressive figures' should not blind one to the
urgent need of expanding these services. Large groups of
records still are not under adequate control and many of
them cannot be properly controlled with the present limited
staff. Such records are being preserved, but they are of
little practical value as long as they are not in usable order.
Despite progress in restoring badly worn records, for every
page restored there are many dozen pages in the Archives
in need of repair and restoration. The more than 5,000
visitors to the Search Room had to be served in most cases
by one attendant. This same attendant had the primary
responsibility of doing the research for almost 5,000 genea-logical
enquiries by mail and telephone. The entire Division
of Archives and Manuscripts has no stenographer or typist-clerk,
the result of which is that higher salaried archivists
are required to spend a large portion of their time at the
typewriter.
Pointing up the needs of the Archives, however, should in
no way detract from the pride with which the Division
gives a summary of its work the past two years.
Accessions
By far our most significant accession during the past
biennium was the Thurmond Chatham Collection, a gift
from the Congressman from the Fifth District and promi-nent
manufacturer. This collection consists of 27 original
letters and documents, amounting to 94 pages, on North
Carolina, 1664-1674. It includes the commission of 1667
with the attached "Instruction for our Governor of the
County of Albemarle in the Province of Carolina," several
commissions and appointments, and letters to Governors
Stephens and Carteret. These rare papers are in an excel-
' For statistics on services rendered researchers and State and county agencies, see
below. Appendixes IX-XIII, pp. 67-71.
State Department of Archives and History 13
lent state of preservation and are preserved in custom-made
boxes purchased by Mr. Chatham.
Among other significant accessions were the following:
general correspondence, special appointments, and county
file of Governor William B. Umstead ; general correspon-dence
of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1912-
1933; Court of Chancery Minutes, 1766-1767; Granville
County Tax List of 1786 ; Minute Book of the Vestry and
Wardens of the Poor, Sampson County, 1785-1823 ; addi-tional
papers of the North Carolina Society of the Cincin-nati
; abstracts of deeds. Wake County, Volume H, 1787-
1790; Diary of Col. Allen L. Fahnestock, 86th Regiment,
Illinois Infantry Volunteers, 1862-1865 (microfilm) ; North
Carolina population census of 1880 ; and Quinlan-Monroe
Lumber Company papers, Hazelwood, 1901-1914.
These items, as well as others listed in the Appendix,'
were accessioned and are now available for use in the Search
Room, except for the census of 1880 which, because of its
poor condition, is not available for use.
Conti'ol
The time-consuming but essential job of extending better
control over records was continued despite shortage of
personnel. Confederate pension records were arranged
alphabetically, World War II Selective Service records
were arranged by local board and a microfilm index was
made, and the Mecklenburg estate papers were arranged
alphabetically. At the end of the biennium work was pro-gressing
on alphabetical arrangement of the vouchers of
the War of 1812 and Wake County estate records.
Preservatiori and Restoratio7i
The formidable project of repairing, laminating, and
rebinding land grant records for the Secretary of State
was continued. A total of 29 volumes were restored in this
biennium, but with only one person engaged in this task,
it will require roughly five years to complete this special
service for the Secretary of State.
A total of 12,946 pages were repaired and laminated
during the biennium, including materials in the Archives,
' For a complete list of accessions, see below, Appendix VIII, pp. 53-67.
14 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
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land grants for the Secretary of State, and a few items for
other agencies and private individuals. In addition, the
Department furnished at no charge the materials for the
restoration of a number of volumes of deeds for counties.
Service to the Public
The Department is a public agency. Aside from its pri-mary
duty of serving the State as the archival agency, the
Department exists for the benefit of the people of North
Carolina who support it with their taxes. Here, again,
shortage of personnel prevents the fullest possible service,
but even with so limited a staff more than 10,000 persons
were served by the Search Room from July 1, 1954, to
June 30, 1956, either in person, by telephone, or by mail.
A total of 5,398 persons registered to do research in the
Search Room. ^ This number does not include those who
through either haste or oversight failed to register. Of
these visitors, 4,500 were from North Carolina, thus empha-sizing
the public character of the Division. The remainder
were from 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Cuba. Of
the total, 93 were historians connected with colleges and
universities, 169 were other historians, 205 were students
(usually candidates for advanced degrees), 48 were in the
legal profession, 4,884 were seeking genealogical informa-tion,
and 241 were unclassified. In addition to the visitors,
242 persons were served by telephone. A total of 40 insti-tutions
of higher learning throughout the United States
were represented by the visitors.- Sixty specific topics of
serious research,'^ m.any of them destined to emerge in book
form, were listed by those who used the Division's records.
Mail enquiries continued to increase, and this phase of
the Division's duties is approaching the level where it will
require the full-time duties of one person. No less than
4,400 persons were given information by mail, 718 of whom
were North Carolinians.^ The bulk of these letters came
from out of the State—from 46 states, the District of
'^ For detailed statistics, see below. Appendix IX. pp. 67-68.
-' For a list of institutions represented by visitors, see below. Appendix XI, p. 69.
•' For a list of topics of researchers, see below. Appendix XII, pp. 69-70.
' For statistics on services rendered, see below. Appendix IX, pp. 67-68.
16 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
Columbia, Alaska, Canada, England, Germany, Hawaii,
and South Africa. The writers were most often interested
in genealogy, but more than 100 were seeking information
for professional writings.
The Division continued to serve the public by making
low-cost reproductions of records available.^ A total of
6,789 photocopies and microfilm prints were made for a
charge of $2,400.95, and 360 certified copies were supplied
at a charge of $360. In copying records 3,042 feet of micro-film
were used. The increasingly large demand for repro-ductions
of records will soon require the full-time services
of one worker.
Finally, 17 counties asked for and received aid from the
Division, the extent of such aid ranging from authorization
for disposal of non-current records to personal visits by
staff members to advise county officials on preservation or
maintenance of records.
-
Records Control
North Carolina, unlike some states but like others, has
insisted that the problem of controlling semi-current rec-ords
can best be solved not by the establishment of a com-pletely
independent records management agency, but
through a closely related records control group functioning
as an integral part of the Department of Archives and
History. The success and progress of the North Carolina
program support this point of view.
For administrative purposes the Records Control Pro-gram,
with headquarters on the second floor of a state
building at the corner of McDowell and Lane streets, is
directly under the supervision of the Records Center Super-visor
who is responsible through the State Archivist to the
Director of the Department. The program may be divided
into two projects : the personnel assigned to inventorying
records of state agencies and making disposal or retention
schedules for such agencies ; and the microfilm project,
composed of personnel who transfer to microfilm such
records as need to be preserved permanently but which
^ For statistics on reproduction of records, see below. Appendix XIII, p. 71.
- For a list of counties served, see below, Appendix XVI, p. 72.
State Department of Archives and History 17
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need not be preserved in their original form. Each of these
projects depends upon the other, inasmuch as records of
agencies inventoried are "scheduled" in such a manner that
they are to be retained in the original form in the office
of origin, transferred to the Records Center for retention
of originals for a specified period, microfilmed and the
originals disposed of, or transferred to the Archives for
preservation for historical, as distinguished from adminis-trative,
purposes.
Since February, 1956, the Center has been under the
supervision of Mrs. Fannie Memory Blackwelder whose
historical and legal background well qualify her for the
position. Under her administration the programs of inven-torying
and microfilming have been extended to the point
that the records of a number of State agencies are in ad-mirable
order and schedules have been drawn up indicating
how and when each series is to be transferred, filmed, or
otherwise disposed of. Notable among the departments
which have excellent control over the records in this manner
is the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Many of the earlier inventories and schedules are in need
of revision, and this work is being carried on as time allows.
Most State officials are sympathetic toward the records con-trol
program and have given the Department their co-oper-ation.
The first steps in any control program are the drawing
up of an administrative history of the agency, an inventory
of its records, and a schedule for disposal and or retention
of each series of records. In case record groups need to be
retained for a given number of years, they are transferred
in steel cabinets to the Records Center where they will be
preserved until the specified date, at which time they will
be disposed of. In the event that the groups need to be re-tained,
but not necessarily in the original form, they may
be microfilmed and the originals disposed of, thus saving
valuable space that otherwise would be used for the storage
of bulky records. Such space savings are estimated to be
over 98 per cent.
State Department of Archives and History 19
Transfers and Disposal
During the past biennium seven agencies brought records
into the Records Center and the same number authorized
disposal of records. Records, after storage in the Center,
are normally serviced by the agency of origin, and the
Revenue Department keeps an employee stationed in the
Center to handle their requests. Agencies served by trans-fers
and or disposals were the Department of Revenue,
Industrial Commission, Employment Security Commission,
Board of Health, Board of Education, State Auditor, De-partment
of Motor Vehicles, and the Board of Paroles.^
Microfilm Project
From July 1, 1954, through June 30, 1956, a total of
8,067,811 images were transferred to microfilm on 1,369
rolls of film. Of these the State Treasurer's office required
over a third of the total. Other agencies whose records were
microfilmed were Vocational Rehabilitation, Revenue De-partment,
Selective Service, Burial Association, Depart-ment
of Agriculture, State Auditor, Budget Bureau, Board
of Education, Personnel Department, Department of Con-servation
and Development, and Teachers' and State Em-ployees'
Retirement System. -
' For a list of State agencies served by the Division, see below. Appendix XV,
pp. 71-72.
" For statistics on services to these State agencies, see below. Appendix XIV. p. 71.
DIVISION OF HISTORIC SITES
William S. Tarlton, Historic Sites Superinteyideiit
For many years such work as was done by the State of
North Carolina in the field of historic preservation and
restoration was performed by a variety of special commis-sions
appointed to do special projects and by the State Parks
Division of the Department of Conservation and Develop-ment,
which administered certain site projects in connection
with its recreational parks program. Unified planning and
action were lacking. Partly for this reason and partly be-cause
of limited public interest, historic preservation in the
State lagged until very recent years. Upon recommendation
of the Commission for the Reorganization of State Govern-ment,
the 1955 General Assembly rewrote existing legisla-tion
and placed the State function in this field in the
Department of Archives and History, where it was generally
felt to belong. This reassignment of the function to a single
State agency makes it possible to develop and follow a uni-fied
and planned program in adequately caring for the
State's significant historic sites, areas, and structures.
1955 Legislation
Chapter 543 of the Session Laws of 1955 transferred the
Department of Conservation and Development's responsi-bility
for the historical highway marker program and for
three historic site projects : Tryon Palace, New Bern,
Craven County ; the Zebulon Baird Vance Birthplace, near
Weaverville, Buncombe County ; and the Charles B. Aycock
Birthplace, near Fremont, Wayne County. The same legis-lation
also authorized the transfer of such properties then
held by Conservation and Development as were primarily
historical in character and value, and for the detachment
and transfer of historic areas that were part of recreational
park developments. Other legislation provided for the trans-fer
of the Zebulon Baird Vance Birthplace Commission's
functions to the Department, thereby placing the project
entirely under its administration. Pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 543 the following four properties were trans-ferred
on July 1, 1955: Town Creek Indian Mound, near
State Department of Archives and History 21
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Mt. Gilead, Montgomery County; Alamance Battleground,
near Burlington, Alamance County; the James Iredell
House, Edenton, Chowan County; and Brunswick Town,
near Orton Plantation, Brunswick County, Two other his-toric
properties were continued under the Department of
Conservation and Development, pending further study and
possible transfer at a later time: Fort Macon, a part of
Fort Macon State Park, Carteret County ; and the "Somer-set
Place" plantation restoration, a part of Pettigrew State
Park at Lake Phelps, Washington and Tyrrell counties.
A third property, Rendezvous Mountain, near North Wilkes-boro,
Wilkes County, is currently being investigated jointly
by the two departments to determine whether it has suffici-ent
historical interest to be transferred and developed as a
historic site.
Special appropriations made by the 1955 General As-sembly
have made it possible to purchase the "House in the
Horseshoe," near Carthage, Moore County, to plan for the
purchase of land needed to develop Bentonville Battlefield,
Johnston County, and to render special aid to four other
locally sponsored restoration projects as follows : Historic
Halifax, Halifax County; the Barker House, Edenton,
Chowan County; "Hope," the Governor David Stone man-sion,
near Windsor, Bertie County; and the Bunker Hill
Covered Bridge, near Claremont, Catawba County.
Other legislation authorized the Department to co-operate
with and render advisory assistance to other State, local,
and private agencies and organizations in historic preserva-tion
projects that such groups might undertake. This au-thorization
has opened the way for promoting historic
preservation in the State at large, as an important means
of preserving North Carolina history, and for doing much
to keep all such work done in the State up to acceptable
standards of excellence.
Division of Historic Sites Orgmiized
To administer the Department's new historic sites pro-gram,
a new administrative division, the Division of His-toric
Sites, was established on October 1, 1955. With a staff
that is not yet adequate, the Division has been able to make
State Department of Archives and History 23
progress in laying the groundwork of its program and in
actual accomplishment. The Division is now administering
directly two projects (Town Creek Indian Mound and
Alamance Battleground), and indirectly two others, which
are State-owned but are actually administered, under the
Division's supervision, by local non-profit organizations
under contract with the Department (the James Iredell
House and the House in the Horseshoe). The Division is
assisting the Tryon Palace Project in matters of land ac-quisition,
personnel organization, and historical research
;
is negotiating the purchase of land for other site projects
(currently Bentonville Battlefield and the Zebulon Baird
Vance Birthplace) ; is assisting the several local projects
that receive state aid through the Department (Historic
Halifax, the Barker House, "Hope," and Bunker Hill Cov-ered
Bridge) ; and is conducting the historical highway
marker program.
Coopej'atiori
In keeping with the policy of assisting with the projects
of other State and local agencies and private organizations,
the staff have given advisory help in connection with the
following
:
Proposed restoration of the "Hexagon House" (Richmond
Temperance Society Hall), near Wagram, Scotland County;
Proposed restoration of Person's Ordinary (Tavern),
Littleton, Halifax County
;
Preservation of Fort Johnston, Southport, Brunswick
County
;
Investigation of the site of the seventeenth-century
Charles Town settlement on the Lower Cape Fear River,
Brunswick County
;
Restoration of the Calvin Jones House, first Wake Forest
College building. Wake Forest, Wake County
;
Proposed preservation of the First Presbyterian Church,
Morganton, Burke County
;
Preservation of the General William Lenoir Cemetery,
near Lenoir, Caldwell County
;
Preservation of the Bill Nye house, near Arden, Bun-combe
County
;
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Development of the Governor Richard Caswell Memorial
Park, Kinston, Lenoir County
;
Research concerning Rendezvous Mountain, near Wilkes-boro,
Wilkes County;
Proposed preservation of "Athol" mansion, near Edenton,
Chowan County
;
Restoration of the Governor Charles B. Aycock Birth-place,
near Fremont, Wayne County
;
Proposed restoration of the Bennett House, near Durham,
Durham County
;
Progress of Site Projects
(1) Town Creek Indian Mound, Montgomery County.
This 50-acre tract contains the site of an important Indian
religious and political center, concentrated in a fairly com-pact
space, and peripheral areas of other types of Indian
occupation. For 17 years prior to its transfer to this depart-ment,
the site had been subjected to continuing archeological
research in co-operation with the University of North Car-olina
Anthropology Department. Some years ago the stock-ade
surrounding the central area, and the temple mound
within it, were restored, and a temporary museum, in very
unsatisfactory quarters and in an equally unsatisfactory
location, was established. During the past year archeologi-cal
research has been continued, the museum has been
reorganized and improved, and reconstruction of the temple
on the mound has been started. It is expected that the
temple will be completed during the 1956-1957 fiscal year.
During the year a total of 11,260 visitors was recorded,
reflecting a rising trend in visitation. There is critical need
for a dwelling house, a permanent museum building, and
other research and maintenance facilities. Until these fa-cilities
are secured, further progress will be seriously ob-structed.
(2) Alamance Battleground, Alamance County. This is
the site of the Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771, between
the militia forces of Governor William Tryon and a band
of frontiersmen, known as the "Regulators," who had risen
in arms against malpractices in local government. The
battle marked decisive defeat for the Regulators but did not
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kill their influence. Regulator demands helped significantly
to shape the first North Carolina State Constitution of 1776.
During the year a Historic Site Specialist has been assigned
to the project to conduct research on the battle and on the
significant features of the battlefield, and to formulate gen-eral
plans for the project. Three site markers, one a large
map marker, have been erected, the site has been cleared
of undergrowth and landscaped, and a great deal of public
information activity has been conducted in Alamance
County and to a lesser degree in the State generally.
A trailer museum exhibit toured the schools and towns of
the area for two weeks, greatly stimulating local interest.
Local civic clubs have agreed to raise funds for one-half the
cost of a museum building, estimated at $30,000. To further
development of the project, the museum building, a dwell-ing
house, and other facilities are necessary.
(3) James Iredell House, Edenton, Chowan County. This
house, built about 1770, was the home of James Iredell,
Attorney General cf North Carolina during part of the
Revolution, and Justice of the first United States Supreme
Court, 1790-1799. Aside from its association with Iredell,
it has architectural interest and merit, being a splendid
example of the domestic architecture of its time and place.
The project is administered by the James Iredell House
Association, under contract with the Department. The De-partment
reserves supervisory rights over restoration work
and administrative policies. The house has been partially
restored and furnished, and during the year the outbuild-ings
have been repaired and painted. Further restoration
and development of the grounds are now being planned.
(4) The House in the Horseshoe (Alston House), Moore
County. This is a good example of colonial architecture.
During the Revolution (1781) a group of Whigs under the
command of Philip Alston, then the owner, were attacked
in the house by David Fanning's Tories. Bullet holes are
still to be seen in the front and rear walls. Later the house
was the home of Benjamin Williams, governor of the State,
1799-1802, 1807-1808. It is being restored and administered
by the Moore County Historical Association under contract
State Department of Archives and History 27
with the Department. The Department retains supervisory
control over restoration work and administrative policies.
With funds raised by the Moore County Historical Associa-tion
and donated by Mrs. Elizabeth Stevenson Ives, restora-tion
has proceeded rapidly and is now about 90 per cent
complete. The house will be furnished to period and other-wise
developed as a public exhibit.
(5) The Zebulon Baird Vance Birthplace, Buncombe
County. As the basis for restoration plans, a study has been
made of the site and the present buildings, and a report
compiled. With representatives of local groups it has been
determined that about five acres of land should be acquired
and a full-scale restoration project be undertaken. The
completed project will include the restored Vance House
and a museum exhibiting memorabilia of Vance's full ca-reer.
Negotiations have been started for the purchase of the
land from funds appropriated by the State. It is expected
that at least a part of the funds for the restoration project
and for the museum will be raised locally.
(6) Tryon Palace, New Bern, Craven County. During
the year the Division served this project in various ways,
particularly in the acquisition of several parcels of land
needed for the Palace grounds and in various historical
problems requiring research. The Palace restoration, con-ducted
by the Tryon Palace Commission, is expected to be
completed in about a year.
(7) Charles B. Aycock Birthplace, Wayne County. This
project is to be developed by the Charles B. Aycock Com-mission
and then turned over to the Department for ad-ministration.
Although plans for the restoration have been
drawn, progress has been slow during the past year. The
1955 General Assembly appropriated funds for its adminis-tration
by the Department, beginning with the 1956-1957
fiscal year.
(8) Historic Halifax, Halifax County. During the year
$3,000 was granted to the Historic Halifax Restoration As-sociation
to aid in the restoration of the Old Gaol, acquired
last year by the Association. The Gaol, now almost com-pletely
restored, houses the local historical museum.
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(9) The Barker House, Edenton, Chowan County. Dur-ing
the year $1,200 was granted to the Barker House
Association, which owns and is restoring this house, to
further the restoration. The Barker House, a splendid early
Edenton house, was the home of Thomas and Penelope
Barker, both prominent in North Carolina revolutionary
history. Moved to a new site on the Edenton waterfront, it
is to be used for community purposes.
(10) Bentonville Battleground, Johnston County. Here
was fought, March 19-21, 1865, between the Confederate
army of General Joseph E. Johnston and the Union army
of General William T. Sherman, the biggest and bloodiest
battle ever waged on North Carolina soil and the only
large Civil War battle fought within the State. Johnston's
subsequent retreat led to the occupation of Raleigh within
a few weeks and the final surrender of the Confederate
army at the Bennett House, near Durham, on April 26,
1865. Efforts were started during the year to acquire, with
funds made available by the 1955 General Assembly, a
museum site and other rights in the large battlefield area,
so that a program of exhibits may be planned. Plans were
made to mark the chief battlefield sites with roadside
markers.
(11) Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, Catawba County.
From funds appropriated for the purpose, the Division as-sisted
the Catawba County Historical Association in com-pleting
the restoration of this, one of the three remaining
covered bridges in the State.
(12) Brunswick Town, Brunswick County. This is the
site of the first town on the lower Cape Fear River, im-portant
early seaport, residence of royal governors, and
scene of many important patriot actions on the eve of the
Revolution. During the Revolution the town was partly
burned and later it disappeared entirely, except for the
massive remains of St. Philips Church and the graves in
the churchyard. Due to the lack of funds, no work has yet
been done on this site. When funds are available it is ex-pected
that a program of archeological work, marking of
sites, and museum development will be started.
State Department of Archives and History 29
Histoncal Highway Marker Program
During the biennium a total of 42 markers were author-ized
by the Advisory Committee on Historical Markers,^
bringing the total number to 809, of which 794 are actually
in service. Fifteen remain to be erected. Thirteen of the
new markers were unveiled in special ceremonies, arranged
by interested local groups and in every case attended by a
representative of the Department.-
The marker program, now 21 years old, continues to be
one of the most popular branches of the Department's pro-gram
and has done much to stimulate the interest of our
citizens in local and state history.
In the establishment of the Historic Sites Division the
Researcher, who in previous years put most of his time on
research for the marker program, was lost to the Depart-ment.
This work is now done on a part-time basis only, with
the result that the program has been curtailed until addi-tional
staff can be secured to place it again on a normal
full-time basis.
^ For a list of markers erected, see below, Appendix XVII, pp. 72-74.
2 For a list of these ceremonies, see below. Appendix XVIII, p. 74.
DIVISION OF MUSEUMS
Mrs. Joye E. Jo:iDAN, Museum Administrator
The fundamental purpose of today's history museum is
to preserve material and information for future generations
and to make history come alive for the present generation.
It is the knowledge and understanding obtained from this
tangible evidence of the way people thought, worked, and
lived while building our State and Nation that give meaning
to the present.
The general public completes its formal knowledge of
history when the textbook for the last required course is
closed. Few adults read history as such, but they enjoy
historical novels and historical events portrayed on radio
and television, and they travel for miles to visit a restora-tion.
It is this audio-visual, travel-minded public—and by
the way it is becoming increasingly discriminating—which
must be given the opportunity to learn something of their
heritage. The history museum of today must be prepared
to meet this challenge and to render the far-reaching serv-ices
that are demanded. This report will present some of
the methods by ^yhich the state history museum attempted
to fulfill its obligations and responsibilities during the
past biennium.
Exhibits
Of the many phases of work in a history museum, it is
the well-executed exhibit that makes history palatable to
the average visitor. There is no merit in displaying a set
of 1850 tools in a cluttered, dusty museum case of the same
date. Using modern display methods, changing and rear-ranging
the more permanent exhibits, and installing new
exhibits mean the difference between a static and an alive
museum. The Hall of History emphasizes the installation of
"permanent" exhibits ("permanent" meaning in this case
for more than a few months) , but it also includes a number
of special exhibits each year.
Permauoit Exhibits
An exhibit commemorating a number of North Carolina's
well-known statesmen was placed in the Portrait Gallery.
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Among the portraits included were those of Walter Hines
Page, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, J. Bryan Grimes,
and L. O'B. Branch.
Legends, always a topic of interest, formed the subject
of a display illustrated by a series of imaginary scenes. A
multilithed copy of the legends was prepared and is dis-tributed
in connection with this exhibit.
Dioramas in the Fred A. Olds Memorial Gallery which
depict the history of transportation are being renovated
with suitable backgrounds. Another exhibit which adds to
the subject of transportation is one of some 17 early auto-mobile
models.
In crder to illustrate the more prosperous period which
followed Reconstruction in North Carolina, a street scene
showing store fronts of the late nineteenth and early twen-tieth
centuries has been set up. The gay colors and the high-ly
decorated china and glass denote the feeling of the bright-er
outlook of the times.
A number of cases in the Confederate Gallery have been
renovated, and a completely new exhibit explaining the dates
en the North Carolina State flag has been placed in the
Assembly Room.
Special Exhibits
A special feature for the biennium was an exhibit of a
large number of unidentified prints made from the Barden
collection of negatives. An evening was set aside when a
number of "old-timers" were invited to come to an identi-fying
party. The project proved quite successful.
Other special exhibits included the annual old-fashioned
Christmas tree exhibit, an exhibit of uniforms of the
National Guard, and one on the portrait and medals of Col.
Westray Battle Boyce. Material from a number of Junior
Historian clubs was put on display, and an exhibit of ma-terials
pertaining to the Battle of Alamance was arranged
for the Trailer Museum in connection with the work being
done at Alamance Battleground.
Accessions
The Allen Kitchen, built about 1842 and later remodeled,
was moved, along with many of its original furnishings,
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from Wadesboro to Raleigh where it will be open to the
public. The kitchen was preserved by Mrs. Mary Allen
Huntley and given to the State as a memorial to her by her
sons.
It may be interesting to note that a large percentage of
the accessions for this biennium consisted of wearing ap-parel
covering a fifty-year period from 1875 to 1925. In-cluded
were two comprehensive collections which came
from the Dortch family of Raleigh and from the estate of
Mrs. Charles E. Quinlan of Waynesville. A number of items
of wearing apparel of the late Senator Clyde R. Hoey were
donated to the Hall of History.
Other accessions of note were an early Edison disc phono-graph
and a large collection of records, a collection of farm-ing
equipment, and three pieces of marble from the base
of the original Canova statue of Washington,'
Education
This report on the Educational Program of the museum
does little more than repeat what was said for the previous
biennium. Until such time as the museum staff can be en-larged,
it will continue to be impossible to present more
than a mere introduction to the wealth of historical infor-mation
that could be made available to the students of the
State.
This biennium 1,350 groups or a total of 57,605 students
saw the introductory slide program and toured the Hall
of History. April has remained the peak month for a num-ber
of years with an average of 13,000 students each year.-
The only new project started under the Education Pro-gram
this biennium was the Saturday morning craft class
in which junior-high-school-age children who are studying
North Carolina history are given instruction in such early
crafts as weaving and pottery.
The program of the Tarheel Junior Historian Association
has been expanding rapidly. With assistance from the State
Department of Public Instruction and the Department of
' For a list of museum accessions, see below. Appendix XX pp. 76-91.
- For statistics on visitors to the Hall of History, see below, Appendix XIX, pp. 75-76.
State Department of Archives and History 35
Education of Duke University, a Junior Historian work-shop
for teachers who were already doing extra-curricular
activities in the history field was held in the Hall of History
in December, 1955. The results were very gratifying. The
school year closed with a total of 46 clubs organized through-out
the State. Organizational guides and numerous pamph-lets
and sheets of information on North Carolina history
were distributed to these clubs.
Photography
The museum's collection of photographs and negatives
has been widely used for a number of years, but the demand
has increased approximately 100 per cent sinca the Barden
negatives were added to it. Authors, newspapers, and pub-lishers
use the collection extensively. During this biennium
some 2,000 black and white prints were made to fill these
requests. Photographs were made to illustrate a number of
the Department's publications such as the Guide to North
Carolina Historical Highway Markers as well as to supply
information in having various articles identified. The 57
photographs used by W. F. Eller in compiling a composite
picture of North Carolina's governors and the 200 or 300
used by E. L. M. Historical Films in producing a filmstrip
came from the museum's photograph file.
The kodachrome slide series for the museum's extension
service has been growing steadily. A number of additions
have been made to the Early Homes Series and the Lost
Colony Series. Two new programs have been added : Ladies'
Fashions from 1790 to the Present and The Moravians in
North Carolina.
Co-operation with Other Organizations
Aside from the work done in the Hall of History, the staff
of the Division of Museums continues to co-operate with
other historical agencies and organizations. On March 15,
1955, the Sir Walter Raleigh Cabinet was entertained with
a slide program on Historic Sites and a Fashion Show dis-playing
some 35 costumes covering the period from 1790
to 1935, The museum was host to the Sir Walter Raleigh
Chapter of the North Carolina Society of the Colonial
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Dames of the Seventeenth Century when it presented a
replica of the Thomas Norcom house in Chowan County
to the Hall of History in a ceremony held February 24, 1956.
In the Assembly Room of the Hall of History on April 30,
1956, Miss Lucy M. Cobb presented excerpts from her ope-retta,
"The Pirate and the Governor's Daughter," to a
group of invited guests. Each program was followed by a
coffee hour or reception.
Other museums and restorations requesting and receiving
aid in their projects were : the Greensboro Masonic Museum,
Tryon Palace Commission, Andrew Johnson House, Rowan
Museum, and the New Bern Firemen's Museum.
Sales Desk
The small sales desk located in the Portrait Gallery of the
Hall of History has proved to be quite successful from the
standpoint of the thousands of souvenir-buying school chil-dren
who visit it each year. Several new items relating to
the history of the State have been introduced. One of the
most popular is a map locating the areas in the State ac-cording
to their settlement by the various European groups.
During the months when school visitation is heavy, it re-quires
the time of one staff member from ten to three each
day to service the desk. Gross receipts for the biennium
were $5,945.
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
D. L. CORBITT, Editor
During the biennium the Department changed its policy
relative to charging for its publications. On January 1,
1956, the price for a subscription to The North Carolina
Historical Review was advanced from $2.00 to $3.00 per
year. This is the first time that the price of The Revieiv
has been increased. At the same time the price for the
documentary or case-bound volumes was increased from
$1.00 to $3.00 per volume. Also a nominal fee was placed
upon a majority of our charts, leaflets, and pamphlets
which previously had been mailed free to libraries, teachers,
and subscribers to The Review, but not to school children.
This new policy makes available to school children any ma-terial
published by the Department, and in order to serve
better the children, teachers, libraries, and the general pub-lic,
a kit of selected charts, leaflets, and pamphlets is avail-able
upon request for a fee of $1.00 per kit. Many school
children are ordering these kits for use in their regular
school work.
This change of policy was due to the advanced cost of
printing and paper stock. Also it is felt that if a person pays
a small fee it indicates his interest in our publication pro-gram.
The Department continues constantly to keep in mind
the fact that the law of 1903 creating the Department
charged it with the duty and responsibility of publishing
and distributing materials pertaining to the history of the
State in order that more people can learn about its history
and take pride in its accomplishments. Our program has al-ways
been designed to inform the citizens of the State and
to difl'use knowledge of its people and their past activities.
This policy of publishing new materials is meeting wide
approval, as is shown by the fact that more people are
interested in both local and State history than ever before.
During the biennium the State Textbook Commission
placed on its recommended reading list two of our publica-tions,
namely The Carolina Charter of 1663 and Explora-
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tions, Descriptions, and Attempted Settlements of Carolina,
158J!f-1590.
Always conscious of its duty and responsibility under
the law, the Department since its establishment has pub-lished
pamphlets, leaflets, charts, Carolina Comments, The
North Carolina Historical Review, and documentary vol-umes.
A total of 365 items, either originals or reprints, have
been issued.
During this period a total of 18,553 volumes, leaflets,
charts, and pamphlets were mailed.' The Department has
always made an effort to serve the teachers of North Caro-lina
history, on both the public school and college level,
as well as school libraries, college and university libraries,
and the general public.
During the two-year period the Division received the
sum of $12,601.98 of which $5,661.00 was for membership
dues in The State Literary and Historical Association and
$6,940.98 was for the State. The latter sum was collected
for subscriptions to The North Carolina Historical Review
and for the Department's publications.
The Editor of the Division, who was appointed chairman
of The State Literary and Historical Association's commit-tee
on Local Historical Societies, assisted in organizing
societies in Brunswick, Carteret, Caswell, Johnston, New
Hanover, Onslow, and Wayne counties. Also Hertford and
Northampton county groups were reactivated.
On the whole, during this period the Division enjoyed a
considerable increase in its services to the public. The De-partment
had the largest number of subscribers to The
North Carolina Historical Review - of any like period in
its history. The number of leaflets, pamphlets, and vol-umes
mailed during the biennium was not as large as dur-ing
some previous bienniums, but the total number of
pieces of mail handled was considerably larger. During
the period 72,428 pieces of mail were placed in the post
office, an average of 3,017 pieces each month. Thus it is
' For month-by-month figures, see below. Appendix XXI, p. 92.
-' See below. Appendixes XXII-XXIV, pp. 92-98.
40 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
evident that the volume of business in the Division has en-joyed
an over-all increase,
PUBLICATIONS
A total of thirty items was published—volumes, eight
numbers of The North Carolina Historical Review and
twelve issues of Caroliim Comments, pamphlets, and leaflets.
Documentary and Other Volumes
The Papers of Willie Person Mangitm, edited by Henry
T. Shanks. Volume IV, 1844-1846, 1955, pp. xxviii, 579,
illustrated.
The Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, edited
by Adelaide L. Fries and Douglas LeTell Rights. Volume
VIII, 1823-1837, 1954, pp. xxi, 757, illustrated.
Pamphlets and Leaflets
The Department published the following pamphlets and
leaflets
:
Twenty-Fifth Biennial Report of the North Carolina
Department of Archives arid History, 1952-1954, 1954,
pp. 76, illustrated.
The Editor's Handbook: A Manual of Style, by Elizabeth
W. Wilborn. 1956, pp. 52, index.
Map: Early North Carolina Settlements, with figures to
cut out and color, by Martha H. Farley, 1955.
Tarheel Junior Historian Association, by Joye E. Jordan,
1955, pp. 6, mimeographed.
Hall of History, written by the staff, 1955, pp. 14, mimeo-graphed.
The Department published the following revised editions
:
Hall of History . . . a museum in actiofi, by Joye E. Jor-dan
[1956], pp. 38, illustrated.
Guide to North Carolina Historical Highway Markers,
by Edwin A. Miles and W. S. Tarlton, 4th edition, 1956,
pp. 109, index, maps, and illustrations.
Tar Heel Legends, by Martha H. Farley and Dorothy R.
Phillips, 1956; pp. 4, multilithed.
State Department of Archives and History 41
Records of the Moravians
During the biennium Dr. Douglas L, Rights, who suc-ceeded
Dr. Adelaide L. Fries both as editor of this series
and as Archivist of the Moravian Church in America,
Southern Province, completed Volume VIII of The Records
of the Moravians. This volume was published and many
copies were distributed. This volume completed this very
popular series.
The Birthplace of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President
of the United States [1956, Third Printing], pp. 8, illus-trated.
A Guide to the Hall of History, by the staff of the Hall of
History, 1956, pp. 16, mimeographed.
Join your State Literary and Historical Associatio7i, 1956,
leaflet.
The North Carolina Historical Revieiu
Eight issues of The North Carolina Historical Review
were published (1,500 copies of the July, 1954, issue, 1,800
copies of the October, 1954, issue, and 2,000 copies of each
issue during the remainder of the biennium), and 14,453
copies were mailed, including 2,824 copies of back issues.^
The total cost of printing this journal was $11,536.04, an
average of $1,440.00 per issue. Paid-up subscriptions, either
new or renewal, totaling 2,656 were received, averaging
110 per month.- Subscribers are located in 40 states, the
District of Columbia, and 4 foreign countries ; the publi-cation
is mailed on exchange to institutions and organiza-tions
in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 foreign
countries; and during the biennium back issues were mail-ed
to purchasers in 33 states, the District of Columbia, and
3 foreign countries.
Forty-two articles (2 of which were in 2 parts) and 6
collections of letters or documents (2 of which were in 2
parts) appeared in The Review. Thirty-five of the articles
dealt with North Carolina and 7 with the South and related
subjects.-^ Four of the documentary sections concerned
North Carolina and North Carolinians while 2 of the sec-
1 See below, Appendixes XXII and XXIII, p. 92.
- See below, Appendix XXIV, p. 93.
=' See below. Appendix XXV, pp. 93-95.
42 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
tions were on topics closely connected with the State.^ Resi-dent
North Carolinians wrote 24 of the articles published
and 24 were written by individuals outside the State.
There were 123 books reviewed in The North Carolina
Historical Review: 33 on North Carolina, 2 on North Car-olina
biography, 28 on other states, 20 on general bio-graphy,
and 40 on other general subjects. Forty-nine North
Carolinians reviewed books and 40 books were reviewed by
scholars outside the State.
Carolin a Comments
This four-page news sheet was begun in May, 1952,
and is issued every two months. It is mailed free to public
school libraries, to college and university libraries in this
State, to subscribers to The North Carolina Historical
Review, and to members of The State Literary and His-torical
Association. It is also mailed to some of the larger
libraries and archival agencies throughout the United
States. We are publishing 2,500 copies per issue.^
The State Literary and Historical Association and The
Review
When the Department began to publish The North Car-olina
Historical Review in January, 1924, it was mailed to
all members of the State Literary and Historical Association
at a reduced rate. At that time the dues in the Association
were $1.00 per year and a subscription to The Review
was $2.00 per year, but the members of the Association
received both The Review and a membership for $2.00 per
year. The dues, however, were divided equally between the
Department and the Association. Later the dues in the Asso-ciation
were increased to $2.50 and in 1953 to $3.00 with
the Department getting $1.00 from each membership for
The Review. On January 1, 1956, the dues in the Associa-tion
were increased to $5.00 per year. The subscription
price for The Review was increased from $2.00 to $3.00
per year—the first increase in the history of The Review.
Under the present arrangement the dues in the Association
' For the number of copies mailed of each issue, see below, Appendix XXVII, p. 95.
< See below. Appendix XXVI, p. 95.
State Department of Archives and History 43
are divided equally. The State Literary and Historical
Association receives $2.50 and the Department $2.50.
During this biennium the average mailing of The North
Carolina Historical Review was 1,453 copies while during
the previous biennium the average was 1,121 copies per
issue. This is a 29 per cent increase.
FUTURE PUBLICATIONS
Since 1908 the Department has followed the policy of
publishing documentary materials. These materials have
been edited by competent scholars who receive no financial
compensation for their services. This policy ought to be
changed because there is large personal expense to these
editors who in order to have access to valuable and impor-tant
archives and research materials in other depositories
as well as the materials in this Department must travel
from one depository to another and spend some time in
each. When an editor finds important materials which
ought to be included in his edited volume, he must spend
the time in copying it, or employ some one to copy it at
his personal expense. In addition to locating and procuring
copies of important manuscript materials, an editor must
do a great deal of research in order to identify individuals,
letters, and documents and explain by footnote references
much of the materials he edits. This requires the editor to
visit many large libraries and other research centers in
order to do the necessary job. These frequent trips for re-search
purposes, and for locating all materials and for pro-curing
copies, cost the editor more than most persons can
afford. It behooves the Department to assist the editors in
procuring copies and in paying a small portion of the per-sonal
expenses involved in such work.
The Department has in hand edited materials for ap-proximately
seven volumes to be published as funds become
available. The present appropriation, w^hich is less than
that of the previous biennium, permits about two volumes
per biennium to be published, but we hope this appropria-tion
can be increased so that we can publish annually two
volumes.
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The Papets of Willie P. Mangum
During the past biennium Volume IV of The Papers of
Willie P. Mangum, edited by Dr. Henry T. Shanks of Bir-mingham-
Southern College, was printed. Dr. Shanks con-tinued
his work on this series and the fifth volume is now
in type and should be ready for distribution during the
fall of the next fiscal year. This will complete the series.
Zehulon B. Vance Papers
The first volume of this series, which is being edited by
Dr. Frontis W. Johnston, Head of the Department of His-tory
at Davidson College, is in the hands of the printer,
and most of the copy is in page proof. This material of
Zebulon B. Vance, Congressman, three times governor of
North Carolina, and United States Senator, 1879-1896,
covers a significant period of North Carolina history. Due
to the press of teaching and other duties, Dr. Johnston has
not been able to give as much time to the volumes scheduled
in this series as he had hoped. We expect the first volume
to be ready for distribution during the next biennium. Also
we expect to publish several other volumes in this series
just as soon as Dr. Johnston can prepare them and funds
can be provided.
Blount Papers
Dr. Alice B. Keith of Meredith College during the bien-nium
continued her work on the Blount Papers, the family
papers of John Gray, Thomas, and William Blount and
other members of their family during the late colonial,
revolutionary, and early national periods. The first volume
was published during the last biennium and Dr. Keith hopes
to have Volume II ready for the printer during the next
fiscal year.
William A. Graham Papers
During the biennium the first volume of this series was
sent to the printer and at the end of the period most of the
copy was in type and some was in page proof. William A.
Graham was governor of North Carolina, United States
Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Confederate States
Senator. We have enough material for approximately seven
State Department of Archives and History 45
more volumes which we hope to publish as soon as funds
become available. Dr. J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton of Chapel
Hill is the editor of this series.
W. Kerr Scott Papers
This volume was placed in the hands of the printer and
by the end of the biennium the copy was in page proof
with the exception of the table of contents and the index.
This volume should be ready for distribution during the
next fiscal year.
WilUa))i B. Umstead Papers
Governor William B. Umstead's letterbook has been
typed, but it is not yet ready for the printer. Mr. Corbitt,
Editor of the Division, still needs to read the copy thorough-ly
and check certain references before the volume is sent
to the printer. It is hoped that this will be done during the
coming biennium.
Pamphlets
Several pamphlets are in the process of preparation.
Most of the work has been done on "The United States Ship
Zebulon B. Vance," the first Liberty Ship constructed at
Wilmington during World War II. Some work has been
done on the following : A North Carolina Historical Cal-endar—
a pamphlet designed to give brief and specific in-formation
on North Carolina history; The Lives of the
Governors of North Carolina from 1585 to the Present;
and The Story of the Governor's Mansion. Our pamphlet
program serves primarily the public schools of the State.
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APPENDIX I
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1956
Year Appropriation Expenditures
1930-1931 $30,865 $23,565
1931-1932 24,865 18,339
1932-1933 20,065 13,286
1933-1934 12,826 11,223
1934-1935 11,315 11,298
1935-1936 19,364 16,157
1936-1937 20,294 19,986
1937-1938 21,843 20,478
1938-1939 22,443 22,088
1939-1940 21,160 20,594
1940-1941 21,160 20,669
1941-1942 23,300 21,253
1942-1943 24,514 23,843
1943-1944 28,707 27,973
1944-1945 28,212 26,941
1945-1946 45,290 30,651
1946-1947 54,827 51,388
1947-1948 68,391 66,642
1948-1949 64,073 63,800
1949-1950 84,851 83,958
1950-1951 93,723 93,629
1951-1952 99,668 97,658
1952-1953 113,528 110,523
1953-1954 161,203 153,265
1954-1955 160,084 148,510
1955-1956 183,182 165,063
APPENDIX II
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1954-1956
.14,356.00 $112,104.11
9,000.14
$120,212.00 $116,207.78
10,610.00 10,505.53
1954-1055 1955-1956
Appropriation Expenditures Appropriation Expoiditiires
Salaries and
Wages
Supplies and
Materials . . 13,791.00
Postage, Telephone,
Telegraph and
Express .... 2,000.00 1,999.90 1,825.00 1,824.85
Travel Exp. . . 3,100.00 3,099.43 3,863.00 3,849.36
Printing and
Binding 18,000.00 17,999.04 16,400.00 15,577.92
Motor Vehicle
Operation . . — — 200.00 192.25
State Department of Archives and History 47
Repairs and
Alterations 1,003.00 1,002.15 1,070.00 1,060.49
General Exp. 4,534.00 4,502.61 4,730.00 4,612.72
Equipment ... 6,900.00 3,685.58 6,535.00 6,433.01
Additions and Bet-terments
— — 11,950.00 9,343.25
Manuscripts . . . 400.00 365.83 155.00 155.00
Stores for
Resale 2,500.00 2,499.73 1,500.00 1,496.65
Scott Letter
Book — — 7,528.00 159.30
Umstead Letter
Book — — 2,104.00 2,104.00
Total
Requirements 166,584.00 156,258.52 188,682.00 173,522.11
Less: Estimated Receipts:
11. Miscellaneous
Receipts 4,000.00 4,280.93 4,000.00 5,982.17
12. Sale of
Souvenirs 2,500.00 3,468.00 1.500.00 2,476.75
Total Estimated
Receipts 6,500.00 7,748.93 5,500.00 8,458.92
Appropria-tion
$160,084.00 $148,509.59 $183,182.00 $165,063.19
APPENDIX III
Number of Employees as of June 30 at the End of Each Biennium,
1908-1956
1908 3 1932 10
1910 3 1934 8
1912 3 1936 8
1914 5 1938 9
1916 8 1940 9
1918 9 1942 11
1920 9 1944 11
1922 9 1946 13
1924 11 1948 16
1926 11 1950 18
1928 10 1952 20
1930 10 1954 31
1956 33
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APPENDIX IV
Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1956
Archives mid History Series
Director $ 8,910
State Archivist 5,604-6,780
Archivist II 3,708-4,548
Archivist I 3,156-3,912
State Records Center Supervisor 4,140-5,148
Editor 5,448-6,456
Editorial Assistant II 3,708-4,548
Editorial Assistant I 3,156-3,912
Museum Administrator 5,208-6,216
Museum Curator II 3,708-4,548
Museum Curator I 3,156-3,912
Historic Sites Superintendent 5,208-6,216
Historic Sites Specialist . 3,708-4,548
Clerical Series
Clerk II 2,460-3,132
Stenographer Clerk III 2,940-3,696
Stenographer Clerk II 2,556-3,228
Custodial and Housekeeping Series
Janitor-Messenger 1,776-2,280
APPENDIX V
List of Employees, Showing Name, Title, and Period of Service
(if Less Than the Full Biennium)*
Alligood, Jesse L., Clerk II (temporary), May 16-June 30, 1955
Anderson, Edison, Janitor (temporary). May 1-June 30, 1955
Austin, Leonard, Janitor-Messenger
Baker, Elizabeth U., Editorial Assistant I, July 1-August 20, 1954
Ball, Rebecca T., Museum Curator I, July 1-October 31, 1954 (married
and became Mrs. Rebecca B. Rustad, October 30, 1954)
Beach, Rex, Archivist II, July 1-8, 1954
Blackwelder, Mrs. Memory F., State Records Center Supervisor,
February 6-June 30, 1956
Burton, W. Frank, State Archivist, July 1, 1954-September 12, 1955
Cannady, Elizabeth Ann, Archivist I, July 1, 1954-August 31, 1955
(married and became Mrs. Elizabeth C. Moss, September 3, 1955)
Cherry, Mrs. June S., Archivist I, July 1, 1954-December 31, 1955
Cole, Mrs. Julia S., Stenographer Clerk II, February 6-June 30, 1956
* These data, of course, are only for the two years, July 1, 1954-June 30, 1956. In
many instances the term of service began before or continued after this two-year
period.
State Department of Archives and History 49
Coopersmith, Mrs. Mary C, Editorial Assistant I (temporary), Oc-tober
1, 1955-May 31, 1956
Corbitt, D. L., Editor
Crabtree, Beth G., Editorial Assistant II
Crittenden, Christopher, Director
Day, Bernice B., Clerk II, July 1-November 30, 1954 (married and
became Mrs. Bernice Day Stephenson, November 26, 1954)
Denny, Jean S., Clerk II, July 1, 1954-July 14, 1955; July 28-August
31, 1955; Archivist I, September 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Farley, Mrs. Martha H., Museum Curator I, March 1, 1955-February
6, 1956; May 1-June 30, 1956
Gaines, Edward, hourly laborer (temporary, part-time), July 1, 1955-
June 30, 1956
Green, Mrs. Elissa H., Clerk II, October 12, 1955-June 30, 1956
Griffin, Mrs. Bettye F., Clerk II, October 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Hardie, Mrs. Beatrice R., Archivist I
Hardy, James T., Janitor-Messenger, May 30, 1955-June 30, 1956
Harris, Mrs. Doris H., Archivist II, July 1, 1954-September 12, 1955
Hilbourn, Mrs. Elizabeth J., Clerk II, September 9, 1955-June 30, 1956
Hunter, Mrs. Betty W., Clerk II, September 6, 1955-June 30, 1956
Johnson, Mrs. Blanche M., Stenographer Clerk III
Jones, Houston G., State Archivist, June 15-30, 1956
Jordan, Mrs. Joye E., Museum Administrator
Jordan, Mrs. Julia B., Archivist I, July 1-August 31, 1954
Kilby, Ann J., Stenographer Clerk I, June 1, 1955-February 29, 1956;
Stenographer Clerk II, March 1-June 30, 1956
Larson, Norman C, Museum Curator I (temporary), August 1, 1954-
June 30, 1955; Historic Site Specialist, July 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Mahler, Mrs. Grace B., Stenographer Clerk II (temporary), March 15-
June 30, 1956
McDonald, Anne, Clerk II, September 1-December 17, 1954
McKeithan, Barbara A., Museum Curator I
Meconnahey, Mrs. Julia C, Archivist II
Miles, Edwin A., Researcher, July 1-31, 1954
Moss, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Archivist I, September 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
(see also Cannady, Elizabeth Ann)
Patrick, Mrs. Marjorie R., Stenographer Clerk I, May 1-13, 1955 (see
also Rose, Marjorie T.)
Perry, Henry G., Janitor-Messenger, July 1, 1954-May 31, 1955
Phillips, Mrs. Dorothy R., Museum Curator II
Planinsek, Mrs. Anne F., Clerk II, January 12, 1955-August 31, 1955
Roberts, Rachel, Clerk II, July 1-August 31, 1954; Archivist I, Sep-tember
1, 1954-November 30, 1955 (married and became Mrs.
Rachel R. Robinson, November 25, 1955)
Robinett, Leonard R., Clerk II (temporary), May 6-June 30, 1956
Robinson, Mrs. Rachel R., Archivist I, December 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
(see also Roberts, Rachel)
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Rogers, Marvin K., Janitor-Messenger
Rogers, Mrs. Mary J., Archivist II
Rose, Marjorie T., Stenographer Clerk I, July 1-December 23, 1954;
February 28-April 30, 1955 (married and became Mrs. Marjorie
R. Patrick, April 30, 1955)
Rouse, Mrs. Pamela T., Stenographer Clerk I (temporary), January
1-February 18, 1955
Rowland, Mrs. Catherine B., Clerk II, July 1-August 31, 1954
Rustad, Mrs. Rebecca B., Museum Curator I, November 1, 1954-March
18, 1955; Museum Curator I, (temporary), February 1-April 30,
1956 (see also Ball, Rebecca T.) .
Seiser, Mrs. Joy Parker, Museum Curator I (temporary), February
21-August, 13, 1955; October 1-November 30, 1955
South, Stanley A., Historic Site Specialist, June 1-30, 1956
Stephenson, Mrs. Bernice Day, Clerk II, December 1, 1954-December
31, 1955; Archivist I, January 1-June 30, 1956 (see also Day,
Bernice B.)
Stewart,t Leslie Lou, Clerk II, July 1, 1954-August 19, 1955
Stoughton, Barbara, Clerk II
Tarlton, William S., Researcher, August 1, 1954-September 30, 1955;
Historic Sites Superintendent, October 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Walker, John W., Historic Site Specialist (temporary), February 1-
May 31, 1956
Watson, Mrs. Mary R., Clerk II, September 15, 1954-October 11, 1955
Whitaker, Mary M., Stenographer Clerk II
Whitley, Mrs. Frances H., State Records Center Supervisor, July 1,
1954-March 14, 1956
Wilborn, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Editorial Assistant I, September 1, 1954-
June 30, 1956
Wood, William W., Jr., Historic Site Specialist, July 1, 1955-February
7, 1956
APPENDIX VI
Publications of Members of the Staff
Mr. W. Frank Burton reviewed An Abstract of North Carolma
Wills from About 1760 to 1800. By Fred A. Olds. (Baltimore, Mary-land:
South Book Company. 1954.) The North Carolina Historical
Revieiv, XXXI (July, 1954) ; and Guide to the Manuscripts of the
Kentucky Historical Society. By G. Glenn Clift. (Frankfort, Kentucky:
Kentucky Historical Society. 1955.) The North Carolina Historical
Review, XXXIII (January, 1956).
Mr. D. L. Corbitt served as Managing Editor of The North Caro-lina
Historical Revieiv in which periodical he reviewed the following
books in The Revieiv: The Memoirs of Emma Prather Gilmer, Writ-t
Also on payroll February 8-June 30, 1054. This information was inadvertently
omitted from the previous Biennial Report.
State Department of Archives and History '51
ten in Her 9()th Year for Her Children, Grandchildren, and Great
Grandchildren. (Philadelphia, Pa.: The Cherry Company, 1954),
XXXII (October, 1955) ; and The Journal of Major George Washing-tan,
of His Journey to the French Forces on 0/j/o; Facsimile of the
Williamsburg Edition 1754, with an Introduction by J. Christian Bay.
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Privately Printed for the friends of the Torch
Press. 1955), XXXIII (April, 1956). He also reviewed Pioneer's
'Mission: The Story of Lyman Cofk'land Draper. By ' William B.
Hesseltine. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1954),
The Joiiryial of Southe)-)i History, XX (November, 1954).
Miss Beth Crabtree reviewed the following books in The North
Carolina Historical Revieiv: Privateers of Cha}-h'StG')i in the War
of 1812. By Harold A. Mouzon. (Charleston, South Carolina: His-torical
Commission of Charleston. 1954), XXII (April, 1955); Dead
and Gone. Classic Crimes of North Carolina. By Manly Wade Well-man.
(Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1954),
XXXII October, 1955) ; Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Con-federate
Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. Edited by Bell
Irvin Wiley. (Jackson, Tennessee: McCowat-Mercer Press, Inc. 1954),
XXXII (October, 1955) ; and Famous Signers of the Declaration.
By Dorothy Horton McGee. (New York, New York: Dodd Mead and
Company. 1955), XXXIII (April, 1956).
Dr Christopher Crittenden served as editor of The No)th Carolina
Historical Review. He also wrote the following articles and book
reviews
:
A)-ticles
"They Like North Carolina." (The Roger and Gallet plant in
Pender County, North Carolina.) The State, 1954.
"Preserving New England History." A report on certain archives
and historical agencies and their programs. December, 1954. Mimeo-graphed.
"The North Carolina Record Center," The American Archivist, Jan-uary,
1955. (Paper read at the annual meeting of the Society of
American Archivist at Williamsburg, Virginia, September 14, 1954.)
(With others), "The Role of the Historical Society in Modern
America." Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume XXXIX, Number
2 (winter, 1955-1956), pp. 99-112. (A colloquium at the Wisconsin
Historical Society, September 7, 1955.)
Book Reviews
Charles A. Beard: A)i Appraisal. By Eric F. Goldman and others.
Edited by Howard K. Beale. (Lexington: University of Kentucky
Press. 1954.) The Greensboro Daily News, 1954.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot. By Jim Bishop. (New York: Harper
& Brothers. 1955.) The Greensboro Daily News, January, 1955.
The Washington Papers. Edited by Saul K. Padover, (New York:
Harper, 1955.) The Greensboro Daily, February, 1955.
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The Forgotten Leaders of the Revolution. By Howard Swiggett,
(Doubleday. 284 pp. $4.00.) The Greensboro Daily News, April 14,
1955.
Fro7n Lexington to Liberty. By Bruce Lancaster. (Doubleday. 1955.)
The Greensboro Daily News, May 16, 1955.
Cities in the Wilderness: The First Century of Urban Life in
America 1625-17If2; and Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America,
1743-1776. By Carl Bridenbaugh. Alfred A. Knopf. (New York. 1955.
2 volumes.) The News and Observer (Raleigh), September, 1955.
The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century. By Ber-nard
Bailyn. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955.) The
Mississippi Valley Historical Review, September, 1955.
Last Full Measure: Lincoln the President. By J. G. Randall and
Richard N. Current. (New York: Dodd, Mead.) The Greensboro
Daily Netvs, October, 1955.
The South Lives in History : Southern Historians and Their Legacy.
By Wendell Holmes Stephenson. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
University Press.) The Greensboro Daily News, January 3, 1956.
.James Wilson, Founding Father, 17U2-1798. By Charles Page Smith.
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. 1956.) The News and
Observer (Raleigh), 1956.
Mrs. Martha H. Farley executed a map of North Carolina showing
early settlements with authentically costumed figures to cut out
and color. She also prepared the cover for the revised edition of
the leaflet, "Tar Heel Legends."
Mr. Houston G. Jones, before becoming a member of the staff, had
published "Bedford Brown: States Rights Unionist," "The North
Carolina Historical Review, XXXII (July-October, 1955).
Mrs. Joye E. Jordan wrote "Tarheel Junior Historian Associa-tion,"
1955, and revised former editions of The Birthplace of Andrew
.Johnson (Raleigh: Department of Archives and History, 1956) and
Hall of History ... a museum in action (Raleigh: Department of
Archives and History, [1956]).
Mr. Norman C. Larson assisted in the writing of a pamphlet,
The Battle of Alamance: Tivo Hours of History (Burlington: Bur-lington
Chamber of Commerce, 1956), and reviewed "Zeb's Black
Baby," Vance County, North Carolina. By Samuel Thomas Peace.
(Henderson: 1955.) The North Carolina Historical Review, XXXIII
(April, 1956).
Dr. Edwin A. Miles assisted Mr. W. S. Tarlton in compiling the
Guide to North Carolina Historical Highway Markers (Raleigh:
Carolina Historical Review: Glimpse of Glory, George Mason of
The State Department of Archives and History, Fourth Edition,
1956), and edited Carolina Comments from July, 1954, to September,
1954.
State Department of Archives and History 53
Mrs. Dorothy R. Phillips wrote the sketches for "Tar Heel Legends,"
revised leaflet of the Hall of History.
Mr. William S. Tarlton edited Carolina Comments from September,
1954, to September, 1955, and reviewed two books in The North
Carolina Historical Reviexv : Valley of Democracy: The Frontier
versus the Plantation in the Ohio Valley, 1775-1818. By John D.
Barnhart. (Bloomington: The Indiana University Press. 1953), XXXI
(October, 1954); and Governor Tryon and His Palace. By Alonzo
Thomas Dill. (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press.
1955), XXXII (April, 1956). He assisted Dr. Edwin A. Miles in
compiling the Guide to North Carolina Historical Highway Markers,
cited above.
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Wilborn compiled The Editor's Handbook: A
Manual of Style (Raleigh: The State Department of Archives and
History. 1956), and reviewed the following books in The North
Carolina Historical Review: Glimpse of Glory, George Mason of
Guston Hall. By Marian Buckley Cox. (Richmond, Virginia: Garrett
and Massie, Inc., 1954), XXXII (July, 1955) ; and The Dulles Family
in South Carolina. By Samuel Gaillard Stoney. (Columbia: University
of South Carolina. 1955), XXXII (October, 1955).
APPENDIX VII
Terms of Office of Members of the Executive Board;
THE members, June 30, 1956; and the Dates of Appointment
Term ending March 31, 1957, Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City,
appointed April 20, 1951.
Term ending March 31, 1957, Mrs. P. F. Patton, Hendersonville,
reappointed April 20, 1951.
Term ending March 31, 1959, Miss Gertrude Carraway, New Bern,
reappointed May 8, 1953.
Term ending March 31, 1959, Dr. W. T. Laprade, Durham, re-appointed
May 8, 1953.
Term ending March 31, 1959, Mr. McDaniel Lewis, Greensboro,
reappointed May 8, 1953.
Term ending March 31, 1961, Mr. Josh L. Home, Rocky Mount,
reappointed July 18, 1955.
Term ending March 31, 1961, Dr. Fletcher M. Green, Chapel Hill,
appointed July 18, 1955.
APPENDIX VIII
Archives and Manuscripts Accessioned
1954-1956
I. Additions to Materials.
1. State Agencies:
Department of Agriculture. Press releases, 1938-1953. 3V3
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cu. ft. Transferred from the Division of Publications, Depart-ment
of Agriculture, Raleigh.
Attorney General. Correspondence, index to correspondence,
and official opinions, 1939-1941. 19 fibredex boxes. Transferred
from the office of the Attorney General, Raleigh.
, Governor's Papers. W. Kerr Scott. Correspondence, extra-ditions
and requisitions. Council of State Minutes, Appoint-ment
Book, and other records, 1949-1952. 14 fibredex boxes
and 4 volumes. Transferred from the Governor's Office,
Raleigh.
Governor's Papers. William B. Umstead. General corre-spondence,
special appointments, county file, 1953, 1954. 78
fibredex boxes. Transferred from the Governor's Office, Raleigh.
Governor's Papers. Luther H. Hodges. Extraditions and
requisitions, November and December, 1954. 1 fibredex box.
Transferred from the Governor's Office, Raleigh.
Governor's Papers. Letter from W. W. Holden, November
17, 1868, to Hanibal D. Norton. 1 page A.L.S. Purchased from
Mr. Carl W. Simmons, Rockland, Maine.
Governor's Papers. Executive order appointing commission
to attend the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of
George Washington, April 30, 1889, at New York City. Dated
January 30, 1889, and signed by Daniel G. Fowle, Governor.
1 page. Given by the D. H. Hill Library, State College,
Raleigh.
Department of Public Instruction. General correspondence
of Superintendent, 1912-1933. 247 fibredex boxes. Transferred
from the Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh.
Secretary of State. Court of Chancery Minutes, 1766-1767.
8 pages. Given by Mr. Edward D. Satula, Hamden, Connecticut.
2. Cou)ities
:
Anson County records. Will of William Little, Sr., 1847.
3 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mr. William B.
Little, Fayetteville.
Burke County records. Will of Jesse Moore, September 2,
1826. 2 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mars Hill
College, Mars Hill.
Craven County records. Marriage bond of Benjamin Sparrow
and Amey Brinson, June 28, 1794. Original in possession of
Mr. D. L. Metts, Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia.
Craven County records. Quit-rent receipt of Christopher
Dawson, Jr., August 2, 1764. Given by the Germantown His-torical
Society Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Granville County records. "List of Taxes for Granville
County for the year 1786." 47 pages. Given by Mr. R. N.
Musgrave, Jr., Greensboro.
State Department of Archives and History 55
Hyde County records. Will of William Cordon, 18 — 3 pages
photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. Betsy London
Cordon, Raleigh.
Lincoln County records. Marriage bond of T. J. Jackson and
Mary Anna Morrison, July 14, 1857. 3 pieces photocopied.
Original in possession of the Clerk of Superior Court,
Lincolnton.
Montgomei-y County records. Deeds and Powers of Attorney,
1821-1845. 16 pieces photocopied. Originals loaned by Col.
Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
Moore County records. Power of Attorney from A. M. Mc-
Leod to John A. McLeod of Richmond County over land in
Moore County, 1866. Deed for land in Moore County from
William Copeland to John McLeod, 1812. Photocopies. Origi-nals
loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
Rowan County deed, 1792, William Hall and William Wil-coxon.
1 piece. Given by Miss Mai-y Heitman, Mocksville.
Rowan County deed, April 17, 1761. Henry McCulloch to
Christen Eller. 3 pieces photocopied. Original in possession of
Mr. W. E. Hennessee, Salisbury.
Sampson County records. Minute Book of the Vestry and
Wardens of the Poor, 1785-1823. Given by Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Smith, New Bern.
Warren County records. Valuation of Land and Slaves in
Nutbush District, 1865. Mutilated. 1 piece. Given by Dr. Lewis
T. Bullock, Los Angeles, California.
Wayne County records. Deed from Isaac Parker to Robert
Radford, February Term, 1807. 1 piece. Given by Mrs. John
L. Aycock, Evanston, Illinois.
3. Personal Collections:
Samuel A'Court Ashe Papers. Law License of Samuel A.
Ashe, January 14, 1867. 2 pieces photocopied. Original in pos-session
of Mr. W. H. Bason, Raleigh.
Samuel A'Court Ashe Papers. Genealogy of the A'Court and
allied families. 11 pages photocopied. Original in possession
of Mrs. George B. Flint, Raleigh.
Robert L. Adams Collection. Letter from W'" Maclean,
Nash Ville, 3^ of June 1811, to his [wife] Mrs. Mary D.
Maclean. 4 pages photocopied. Certificate of Merit issued to
William MacLean by the American Medical Society, Phila-delphia.
1 page photocopied. "MacLean Family." By Joseph
Graham McLean. 4 typed pages. Given by Professor Chalmers
G. Davidson, Davidson College, Davidson.
E. C. Brooks Papers. "Report of Committee on Taxation,
Nov. 27, 1926." 7 typed pages. "General Fund Revenue and
56 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
Expense, June 30, 1826." 15 typed pages. Given by Col. J. W.
Harrelson, State College, Raleigh.
David Cox, Sr., Collection. Land records, notes, and sum-mons,
1783-1820. 9 pieces additional. Given by Mr. David Cox,
Sr., Hertford.
John Herritage Bryan Collection. Letter to John H. Bryan
from George E. Badger, March 3, 1837. 3 pages photocopied.
Original in possession of Mr. A. L. Nicholson, Macon.
Alexander Crane Collection. Copy of transcript on Eastern
North Carolina Furniture, by Crane. Bound in loose leaf
binder. Given by the Department of Conservation and Develop-ment,
Raleigh.
James P. Cook Collection. Scrapbook, "The Origin of Jack-son
Training School Brain Child of James P. Cook." Compiled
by A. Campbell Cline, Concord, N. C, 1954. R. D. W. Connor,
North Carolina: Rebuilding An Ancient Commonwealth, 158U-
1925. 4 volumes, and 1 Supplement volume. Given by Mrs.
James P. Cook, Concord.
North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati Collection. Docu-ments,
photostats, books, and pamphlets. Approximately M
cu. ft. Loaned by the North Carolina Society of the Cincin-nati,
Raleigh.
Clarence W. Griffin Collection. North Carolina Press As-sociation
material, 1953-1955, 1954-1955. Approximately Vi
cu. ft. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffiin, Forest City.
J. M. Heck Collection. Accounts, correspondence, deeds,
family records, land grants, and other records of J. M. and
Charles M. Heck, 1759-1951. Approximately V2 cu. ft. Given
by Mrs. Charles M. Heck, Raleigh.
Cullen B. Hatch Collection. Three letters from Martha
Hatch, Pike Co. X roads, Dec. 8, 1832; Green Co., Dec. 26,
1832; and Feb. 9, 1833, to "My Dear Grandmother," Mrs.
Frances Hill, Wrightsville, Dulpin County. Loaned by Mrs.
R. Cashwell, Bowden.
General Daniel Harvey Hill Papers. Family letters, miscel-laneous
articles, and speeches on Hill, 1848-1945. Approxi-mately
Vs cu. ft. Given by Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams,
Camden, South Carolina.
General Robert E. Lee Papers. Facsimile of Lee's General
Order Number Nine. 1 page, and a copy of Farewell to the
Army of Northern Virginia. 6 pages. Given by The Lakeside
Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Louis T. Moore Collection. "An Imperfect Sketch of the
History of the Town of Wilmington, 1739-1779." By Griffith
J. McRee, 11 typed pages. Given by Mr. Louis T. Moore, Chair-man,
New Hanover Historical Commission, Wilmington.
Francis Nash Collection. Letter from Francis Nash, "Tren-
State Department of Archives and History 57
town," N. J., July 25, 1777, to "Sally." 4 pages photocopied.
Original in possession of Dr. James M. Patton University of
North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
Peter S. Ney Papers. Signature of Peter S. Ney. Found in
An Abridgement Ainsworth's Dictionary by Thomas Merrell,
D.D. Photocopy. Given by Dr. B. E. Lane, Raleigh.
O. Henry Papers. Letters from William Sydney Porter to
"My Dear Miss Sally." New York City, July 15. 12 pages
photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. Sarah Coleman
Porter, Weaverville.
O. Henry Papers. Letter from A. J. Jennings, Oklahoma
City, March 14, 1913, to Mr. Archibald Henderson, Chapel
Hill. 2 pieces photocopied. Original in possession of the Greens-boro
Historical Museum. Both of these letters were loaned
for photocopying by Mr. Karl E. Prickett, Greensboro.
W. N. H. Smith Papers. Appointment to Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of North Carolina, January 14, 1878, by
Governor Z. B. Vance. 1 piece. Commission as Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of North Carolina, August 23, 1878, by
Governor Z. B. Vance. 1 piece. Loaned by Mr. L. M. Smith,
Raleigh.
Col. J. F. Stanback Collection. School statement from Nor-wood
High School to Mr. P. H. Turner, June 5, 1892. 1 piece
photocopied. Letter from Jas. S. Turner, Allenton, April 8,
1872, to "Dear Harrison." 1 page photocopied. Originals loaned
for photocopying by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
Arthur T. Wyatt Collection. Deeds of Moses A. Bledsoe,
Wake County, 1852-1897. 5 deeds. Given by Mrs. S. W.
Sparger, Durham.
Calvin H. Wiley Papers. Additional family correspondence
and other papers, including two Guilford County deeds from
C. N. McAdoo to William W. Wiley, 1839, and William Wiley
to David Wiley, 1775. Given by Miss Mary C. Wiley,
Winston-Salem.
4. Newspapers:
The Neu's ayid Observer, Daily. [Raleigh, N. C] Sunday,
July 2, 1905. 1 page. Article featuring the Mecklenburg Dec-laration
of Independence. Given by Mr. J. L. Jackson, Raleigh.
Ulster Count]/ Gazette, Volume II, Number 88, Saturday,
January 4, 1800. Published by Samuel Freer and Son, Kings-ton
[Ulster County], N. Y. 4 pages photocopied. Original in
possession of Mrs. Emery B. Denny, Raleigh.
5. Genealogical:
Cemetery records of Forsyth County, Bethania Church
Graveyard, Moravian Jones Private Graveyard, and Old
58 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
Lyeily Graveyard near Mocksville in Davie County. 5 typed
pages. Given by Mrs. Kay Dixon, Gastonia.
List of births, deaths, and marriages of the Orniond family
from "James Ormond Book," and list from manuscripts in
possession of Mrs. Roy Turnage, Ayden. 5 multicopied pages.
Given by Commander Frederick Lee Edwards, Kinston.
Cemetery records from Pisgah A.R.P. Cemetery, and Long-
Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Gaston County. 14 typed pages.
Given by Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Kings Mountain.
Whitley family Bible records. 6 pages photocopied. Bible in
possession of Mr. and Mrs. Asa T. Whitley, Wtlliamston.
Robert Snead family Bible records. 9 pageis photocopied.
Original in possession of Mrs. M. G. Mann, Raleigh.
Reaves-Craddock family Bible records. 6 pages photocopied.
Original in possession of Mrs. A. A. Padgett, Newport News,
Virginia.
Kemp Plummer and Susanna Martin family tree chart.
1 page photocopied. Made from copy in possession of Mrs. Mary
J. Rogers, Neuse.
Stewart Clan Magazine, volume 33, number 3. Edited by
George Edson, Olathe, Kansas. Given by the Stewart Clan
Magazine, Olathe, Kansas.
Hightower family of North Carolina and Virginia. By
Walter A. Walker, Atlanta, Georgia. 6 typed pages and 2 blue-print
charts. The Core family Bible records. 3 typed pages.
Given by Mr. J. B. Blaylock, Yanceyville.
Meek Genealogy, 1640-1954. Compiled by Mr. Carlton L.
Meek. Loose leaf volume. Transferred from the State Library.
"Methodist Church History-Biography" Reverend Barnabas
Pipkin compiled 1875 by Judge Louis M. Pipkin. 4 typed pages.
Original in possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Pipkin Baer, Tulsa,
Oklahoma. Given by Mrs. Howard S. Giere, Hammond,
Louisiana.
Family records from the Bibles of Richard Blackledge
Hatch, CuUen Blackman Hatch, Sr., and Joseph Rhodes Hatch.
12 pages photocopied. Originals in possession of Mr. Cullen
Blackman Hatch, Jr., Mount Olive.
"The Shepperds, Wolffs, and Butners of Grassy Creek"
Surry County, N. C. Compiled by J. S. Atkinson. 55 typed
pages. Given by Mr. J. S. Atkinson, Elkin.
Records from the Bible of Edward Alston. 3 pages photo-copied.
Original in possession of Mrs. R. Hunt Parker, Raleigh.
Records from the McDonald and Carver family Bible. 4
pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. Dallas
Holloman, Raleigh.
Records from the family Bible of Henry Williams. 1 page
photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. R. Hunt Parker.
Raleigh.
State Department of Archives and History 59
Records from the family Bible of John Buxton Williams. 4
pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. R. Hunt
Parker, Raleigh.
The Weathershee Family. Compiled by Bertha Ann (Hub-bard)
Allen and Lenora Elizabeth (Weathersbee) Smith.
73 pages mimeographed. Given by Mrs. George F. Smith,
Jackson, Mississippi.
Records from the family Bible of William and J. C. Holmes.
5 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mr. Cullen
Blackman Hatch, Mount Olive.
Records from the family Bible of John D. Thompson. 6
pages photocopied. Loaned for photocopying by Miss Mary-belle
Delamar, Raleigh.
"Family Records of Henrietta Alberta Ratliffe and Jasper
New^ton Craig," by Marjorie Craig, 1955. 1 volume multicopied.
Given by Miss Jean Craige, Reidsville.
"Seale and Allied Families." By Ida Carrie Seale, R.N. 1
volume mimeographed. Given by Miss Ida Carrie Seale, Bay
Pines, Florida.
"Abstract of Deeds, Wake County, N. C. Volume "H,"
1787-1790. News Items of Golden Wedding Anniversaries,
Family Reunions and Birthdays, 1955." Compiled and copied
by Genealogical Committee, Casw^ell-Nash Chapter, D.A.R.,
Raleigh: Mrs. Frank H. Meece and Mrs. M. B. Birdseye,
January 10, 1956. Loose leaf binder typed. Given by Caswell-
Nash Chapter D.A. R., Raleigh.
The Reverend John Tillet Family History Including Allison
History and Wyche History. By Chai'les W. Allison. Bound
volume. Given by Mr. James Wyche Poole, Greensboro.
"List of Confederate Veterans and Wives (War 1861-
1865) Buried in North Carolina." 128 pages typed. Compiled
1954 by Mrs. John Scott Welborn, High Point and given by her.
6. Maps:
"Carte De La Partie Sud Des Etats Unis De L'Amerique
Septentrionale." Par M. Bonne Ingenieur Hydrographe de
la Marine. Andre' sculp. [1780]. 9^/4 in. x 14^/4 in. Printed.
Purchased from Argosy Book Stores, New York, N. Y.
"Reconaissance Erosion Survey of the State of North
Carolina." U. S. Department of Agricultui'e. Soil Conserva-tion
Service. H. H. Bennett, Chief, W. C. Lowdermilk, As-sociate
Chief. North Carolina Erosion Survey of 1934 by
W. D. Lee in charge, W. W. Stevens, E. P. Patrick. 28V4 in.
X 51 in. Printed. Given anonymously.
[Map of Raleigh] Respectfully Dedicated O. A. Buck M.C.E.
G. & W. Endicott, Lith. N. York. Undated. 4 pieces photo-
60 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
copied. Made from map in possession of the University of
North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
The following 4 maps were purchased from Argosy Book
Stores, New York, N. Y.:
"North and South Carolina." [1835] .... Colored. 12 in. x
15 in. Printed.
"A New Map of Nth. Carolina with Canals, Roads &
Distances .... Published by Thomas. Cowperthwait & Co.
. .... Philadelphia. [1854]. 131/2 in. x 17% in. Inset of "Gold
Region." Printed.
"(D No. 2) U. S. Coast Survey A. D. Bache Supt. Pre-liminary
Chart of Albemarle Sound North Carolina .....
1855." 11 ^^ in. X 221/2 in. Printed.
"(D No. 4) Preliminary Chart of Beaufort Harbor North
Carolina .... under the direction of A. D. Bache Superin-tendent
of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ....
1854." 23% in. x 30 V* in. Inset "Sketch of Lookout Bight."
Printed.
"Survey by James Moffatt, with map of 'Hayes' December
28, 1812." 16 in. x 18^/4 in. Photocopy. Original in possession
of the Southern Historical Collection, Hayes Collection No.
324, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
"Plan of the Field Battalion close Campton in South
America between the British under Gen. Lord Cornwallis
and the Americans under Command of Gen: Gates, who was
Totale Defeathet the 16 of August 1780. The Brittish Armee
was only 1944 Men, and the Armee of the Americans about
8000 men Strong, and the whole Battalion was over in about
3 Quarter of one Hour." 13^/4 in. x 18 ^/^ in. Photocopy. Given
by the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
"Survey of All the approaches to the City of Raleigh
Showing the line of Intrenchments made by order of His
Excellency Z. B. Vance Governor of the State of North
Carolina" Oct. 26th 1863 H. T. Guion Lt Col Arty &
Eng. 6 pieces photocopied. Purchased from the National
Archives, Washington, D. C.
The following 9 maps were copied from prints in possession
of Mr. David Cox, Sr., Hertford:
"North Carolina Bedford Quadrangle." Edition of June 1907.
U. S. Geological Survey. 17% in. x 20 y2 in. Photocopy.
"North Carolina Edenton Quadrangle." Edition of June
1904. U. S. Geological Survey. 17^/4 in. x 20^/2 in. Photocopy,
"North Carolina Hertford Quadrangle." Edition of Jan-uary
1906. U. S. Geological Survey. 17^/4 in. x 20% in. Photo-copy.
"Virginia-North Carolina Holland Quadrangle." Edition of
1920. U. S. Geological Survey. 17 in. x 20 ^^ in. Photocopy.
State Department of Archives and History 61
"Virginia-North Carolina Suffolk Quadrangle." Edition of
1919. U. S. Geological Survey. IT^A in. x 20y2 in. Photocopy.
"North Carolina Winton Quadrangle." Edition of June
1908. U. S. Geological Survey. 17^/4 in. x 20% in. Photocopy.
[Currituck Sound and environs] 2 pieces. No date. Photo-copy.
"Harvey's Neck" Perquimans County, N. C. 16 in. x 24 in.
No date. Photocopy.
[Currituck Sound and environs] 3 pieces. No date. Photo-copy.
"Map of Union County N. C." Drawn by C. M. Miller, C.E.
Salisbury, N. C. December 1907. 2 pieces photocopied. Made
from photocopy in the custody of Miss Clara Laney, Register
of Deeds, Monroe.
"Map of Charlotte North Carolina and Vicinity." Copy-right—
Interstate Publishing Co., Inc. Everett, Mass. 28 in.
X 37 in. Undated [1955]. Printed. Given by the Commercial
National Bank, Charlotte.
"North and South Carolina." Entered according to Act
of Congress in the year 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr.,
in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania. (Inset) "Charleston and Charles-ton
Harbor." 15 Vi in. x 22% in. Printed. Purchased from Mr.
Hughes Reynolds, Rome, Georgia.
"Plan of the Town of Newbern in Craven County, North
Carolina." Survey'd and Drawn in May 1769 by C, J, Sauthier.
22% in. x 18 in. Photocopy. Purchased from the Library of
Congress, Washington, D. C.
Map showing some Roads, Streams, Copper, Lead & Mines
in Eldorado Township, Montgomery County, N. C. April 1924.
N. M. Thayer C. S. 18 in. x 25 in. Photocopy. Loaned for copy-ing
by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
"A Plan of the Town of Lenoxville" Surveyed by Jonathan
Price, Esq. 15% in. x 12 Ve in. Photocopy. Original in posses-sion
of Mr. Winston Broadfoot, Wilmington.
"North Carolina" Illustrated with chronology of important
historical events. By Karl Smith, 1953. 22 V2 in. x 17 in. Print-ed.
Purchased from Mr. Karl Smith, Greensboro.
"Map of Wake County." Drawn by W. M. Sholar, Raleigh,
1885. Pen sketch on cloth. 43% in. x 44% in. Loaned by Mrs.
Virginia Hall, Wake Forest.
7. Microfilm :
Minute Book of the Town Commissioners of High Point,
North Carolina, 1859-1862. 1 roll. Original in custody of the
High Point Public Library, High Point.
William Little Collection. 1798-1866. Personal and business
62 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
papers of the Little Family. 64 pieces. Originals in posses-sion
of Mr. Hal Little, Wadesboro.
William Little Collection. Additional Little family papers,
1817-1863. Originals in possession of Mrs. M. R. McConnell,
Greensboro.
Spew Marrow Agricultural Club Papers. 1 roll. Purchased
from Mr. William G. Harkins, Librarian, College of William
and Mary Library, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Craven County Wills, 1757-1857. 1 roll. Originals in cus-tody
of the Register of Deeds, Craven County, New Bern.
Hugh Williamson Letters, 1778-1815. 1 roll. Purchased
from The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Montgomery County deeds, 1774-1807. 1 roll. Originals in
custody of the Register of Deeds of Montgomery County, Troy.
Davidson County Wills, May 1847-May 1868. 1 roll. Originals
in custody of the Clerk of Superior Court, Davidson County,
Lexington.
James and Thomas Ormond family births, deaths, and
marriages. 1 roll. Originals in possession of Mrs. W. J.
Richardson, Raleigh.
Farmer, Hardee, and Hill papers, 1760-1891. 1 roll. Orig-inals
in possession of Miss Rowena Tull, Kinston.
J. R. Coggin Papers, 1813-1847. Deeds, grants, receipts,
and estates papers. They also include Coggin, Crump, Taylor,
Harris, and Hearne papers. Montgomery County. 1 roll.
Originals loaned for microfilming by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback,
Mt. Gilead.
Minutes of the Lewis Fork Baptist Association, 1836-1870,
Wilkes County. 1 roll. Original loaned for microfilming by
Mr. T. E. Story, Wilkesboro, before being deposited in the
Wake Forest College Archives.
Diary of Col. Allen L. Fahnestock, 86th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry Volunteers, 1862-1865. 1 roll. Loaned to the Depart-ment
for microfilming by Mr. John R. Peacock, High Point.
Presumably loaned to Mr. Peacock by Peoria Public Library,
Peoria, Illinois.
Civil War Diary of Thomas A. Savage. 1 roll. Original
loaned by Rev. George Hill, Elizabeth City.
Wills and probates, 1849-1952. Forsyth County. 16 rolls.
Positive copies. Purchased from Mr. W. E. Church, Clerk
of Superior Court, Forsyth County, Winston-Salem.
Cemetery records of Olney Presbyterian Church, York Road,
Gaston County, N. C, and Goshen Presbyterian Church,
established in 1764. Compiled by the William Gaston Chap-ter,
D.A.R. 1 roll. Original list loaned for microfilming by
by Mrs. Kay Dixon, Gastonia.
Lilly Collection, 1785-1880. Family correspondence, account
State Department of Archives and History 63
books, deeds, and other miscellaneous papers. 1 roll. Originals
in possession of Miss Carrie Lilly, Mt. Gilead.
Edg-ecombe County Will Book B, 1772-1783. 1 roll. Original
in possession of Edgecombe County Clerk of Superior Court,
Tarboro.
8. Pamphlets
:
Speeches of Hon. Sam'l P. Carson and Gen. .James Blair,
House of Representatives, Feb. 27, 1833. "To the Freemen
of the 12th Congi-essional District" by Sam. P. Carson, Ashe-ville,
July 30, 1833, and letter to Mr. Carson from Nath'l
Macon, Buck Spring, February 9, 1833. Given by Mr. Mc-
Daniel Lewis, Greensboro.
The American Almanac, 1830-1838. 6 volumes. Given by
Mrs. Mary J. Rogers, Neuse.
"Summary Report of Educational Institutions Survey. Sy-nod
of North Carolina Presbyterian Church in the United
States." March, 1955. To be kept sealed for 10 years. Anony-mous
donor.
Remarks of Mr. Abraham Rencher, of North Carolina o7i
the Contested Election, between David Newland & James
Graham. March 18, 1836. House of Representatives. (Wash-ington
City: Elliot Printer.) 16 pages. Given by Mr. Mc-
Daniel Lewis, Greensboro.
9. Sound Reco)dings
:
"In Memorium" Governor William B. Umstead. 2 discs.
Given by Radio Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Monitor-Week Day's "Salute to Raleigh" February 19-25,
1956. 3 discs. Given by Mr. Richard Mason, Director of
WPTF, Raleigh.
"Betty Vaden Williams sings BALLADS for you." 1 disc.
Given by Mrs. Betty Vaden Williams, Raleigh.
10. War foi- Southern Independence:
Portion of a 1912 pension roll. 1 piece photocopied. Copy
of a letter to Dr. Jay McLean from Major General, USA,
May 3, 1953, relating to Daniel Alphin, Duplin County. 1
page typed. Given by Mrs. Jay McLean, Savannah, Georgia.
Muster Roll of 52nd Regiment, Company C, Confederate
States of America, April, 1862. 4 pieces. Given by Mrs. Sterl-ing
M. Gary, Halifax.
Register of the Confederate Dead, Interred in Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va. (Richmond: Gary, Clemmitt &
Jones Printers. 1869. Pp. 116.) Also "Service Record of
Robert Nelson Hall in the Army of C. S. A.," August 30,
64 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
1954. 1 typed page. Given by Mrs. Wm. R. Rickman, Rich-mond,
Virginia.
Paroled Prisoner's Pass of Captain B. F. Richardson,
Company F, 48th North Carolina Regiment. 1 piece photo-copied.
Given by Mr. O. L. Richardson, Monroe.
11. World War I Collection:
"List of men ordered to report to Rutherford County Local
Board for Military Duty, 1917-18." 1 volume. Given by Mr.
Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City.
12. Miscellaneous:
Ledger of Hill and Spiers, 1849-1857, Murfreesboro. 1
volume. Loaned by Mrs. J. D. Pearce, Raleigh.
"Tenth Census, Population, North Carolina, 1880." 25
bound volumes. Given by the National Archives, Washing-ton,
D. C.
Land Grant, No. 805, to Elisha Banner and John Martin,
Stokes County, May 15, 1801. Given by Mr. Will R. Kiger,
Mt. Airy.
Democratic Executive Committee records, 1938-1944; Amer-ican
Legion records; Legislative and Political files. 16 cu. ft.
Not to be serviced for 10 years. Given by Honorable R.
Gregg Cherry, Gastonia.
Land Grant to Jesse Moore, Rockingham County. Undated
photocopy. Original in possession of Mars Hill College, Mars
Hill.
Land Grant No. 1, from the State of North Carolina to
John McKnitt Alexander and William Sharpe, December 10,
1778 with survey of the land in Burke County. Given through
Mrs. Wilbur A. Osterling, Moorestown, N. J., daughter of
Mrs. Charles E. Wood, Washington, D. C.
Land Grant of Richard Graves, Bath County, April 17,
1724. 1 piece. Given by Mrs. E. A. Evans, Miami, Florida.
Legislative Papers. "Report of Committee of Privileges
and Elections on the Case of Thomas Bowen Esq." November
27, 1812. 2 pages. Given by Dr. James W. Patton, University
of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
League of Women Voters records. Raleigh League Files,
1948-1953. 1 fibredex box. Given by the League of Women
Voters of Raleigh.
League of Women Voters records. Greensboro League
Files, 1947-1953. 2 fibredex boxes. Given by the Greensboro
League of Women Voters, Guilford College.
League of Women Voters records. North Carolina League.
Voters Service Files, 1952-1953. V2 fibredex box. Given by
Mrs. T. C. Karnes, Winston-Salem.
State Department of Archives and History 65
League of Women Voters records. Dui-ham League Files,
1947-1953. 2 fibredex boxes. Given by Durham League of
Women Voters, Durham.
League of Women Voters records. State League Files,
1951-1954. 2% fibredex boxes. Given by the League of Women
Voters, Chapel Hill.
Wake County League of Women Voters records. Minutes,
1921. 1 volume. Given by Mrs. Harriet B. Shearon, Raleigh.
"The Lost Citadel," by Alexander Mathis. Maps and orig-inal
manuscript. 424 typed pages. Given by Mrs. Martha B.
Mathis, Jacksonville, Florida.
Political sketch of Cameron Morrison used by Frank P.
Graham in preparing his speech for presentation of Morrison's
portrait in the State Capitol. 9 typed pages. Given by Mr.
William H. Richardson, Raleigh.
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs. Scrapbook,
Vivace Music Club. Organized 1949, Raleigh, North Caro-lina.
1 volume. Given by the Vivace Music Club, Raleigh.
Queens College. Material relating to the Male and Female
Academy Corporation. 2 pieces photocopied. Given by Miss
Rena C. Harrell, Charlotte.
Land grant of Thomas Maxwell, October 10, 1783, Row^an
County. 2 pieces. Given by Miss Mary Heitman, Mocksville.
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Papers. Affidavit of Albert
Johnson, Superintendent of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad,
in support of claim against the United States Government
for service rendered by that railroad in 1865. 2 pieces. Given
by the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Univer-sity
of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, Inc., records. Various reports of President,
Treasurer, Committee Chairmen, State Directors, and other
papers, 1950-1954. Loaned by Mrs. Mollie Harrell, Custodian
of Records, Raleigh.
IL New Materials:
1. Personal Collections:
Mrs. John Bell Paper. Letter from James Kenneday, Feb-ruary
25, 1795, to his Mother [Sarah], Mrs. John Bell. 1
page photocopied. Given by Mr. Asher A. Howell, New
Brunswick, New Jersey.
John B. Burwell Letter. Letter from Burwell, February
13, 1860, to [John Spragins], 4 pages photocopied. Given by
Miss Rena Harrell, Queens College Library, Charlotte.
Atlas Cochran Collection. Records relating to M. A. Coch-ran.
Data pertaining to the town of Lawrenceville. Militia
records of Montgomery County. Plats and surveys of D. D.
66 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
DeBerry. Records of C. C. and W. T. Wade. Records con-cerning
gold mines. 1816-1935. Approximately 3 cu. ft. Loaned
by Mr. Atlas C. Cochran, Star, through Col. Jeffrey F. Stan-back,
Mt. Gilead.
Colonel Joseph Cathey Papers. Correspondence and other
business papers, 1802-1900; 1 Day Book, 1851, 1852; and
marriage certificate of William Cathey and Catherine Turner,
July 22, 1800, Buncombe County. Approximately Va cu. ft.
Given by Mrs. Lelia Welch, Waynesville.
Bessie C. Carmen Collection. Age book, deed, affidavit,
letter. Approximately % cu. ft. Loaned by Miss Bessie C.
Carmen, New Bern.
Thurmond Chatham Collection. North Carolina Under the
Lords Proprietors. Original documents to Governor Stephens
and Governor Carteret, 1664-1674. 27 documents and letters.
Given by Honorable Thurmond Chatham, Elkin.
Cobb-Whitfield Papers. Account books, letters, petitions,
and other material relating to the Grange and Farmers'
Alliance, 1873-1906. Approximately V^ cu. ft. Bequeathed
to this Department by Miss Bettie Junie Whitfield, Kinston,
and transferred by Miss Hattie Lou Whitfield, Kinston.
J. W. Harrelson Papers. Merit System Council papers,
1941; correspondence and minutes. 1 folder. Given by Col.
J. W. Harrelson, State College, Raleigh.
Henry Potter Collection. Correspondence and other papers
relating to Western lands in Tennessee, 1795-1949. Ap-proximately
1/8 cu. ft. Given by Mr. John P. Stedman, Lum-berton.
Mrs. J. Guy Penny Collection. Letter from William H.
Tripp, Raleigh, October 31, 1852, to Araminta C. Guilford,
Washington, N. C. 4 pages. Letter from Araminta C. Guil-ford,
Oak Grove, November 14, 1852, to William H. Tripp,
Raleigh. 4 pages. Given by Mrs. J. Guy Penny, Garner.
James Patterson Letter. Letter from Hon. Richard Stan-ford,
Member of Congress from Hillsboro District, Wash-ington
City, February 26, 1803, to James Patterson, Hillsboro.
5 pages typed copy. Given by Mr. Charles W. Stanford,
Chapel Hill.
Honorable Edwin W. Pou Papers. Letters from leading-national
figures, 1915-1933. 1 bound volume. Given by Mr.
Edwin W. Pou, Raleigh.
Abram Rencher Papers. Addresses, letter and a few other
papers, 1821. Approximately 1/10 cu. ft. Given by Mrs.
Julien Wood, Edenton.
Quinlan-Monroe Lumber Company, 1901-1914 Papers. Ac-count
books, 24 volumes; letter books, 18 volumes; and loose
papers, approximately % cu. ft. Given by Mrs. Christopher
State Department of Archives and History 67
Crittenden, Raleigh; Miss Betsy Lane Quinlan, Waynesville;
and Mrs. George Seaborn, Portsmouth, Virginia.
John N[icholson] Washington Collection. Typed copy of
letter from John N. Washington, December 18, 1847, to Miss
Sally V. Emery. 2 pages. Also typed copy of letter from
Maude M. Washington, Brooklyn, N. Y., July 10, 1955, to
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher, Edenton. 1 page. Given by Mrs. Inglis
Fletcher, Edenton.
Mrs. Thomas H. Webb Collection. Three letters from Janie
S[mith], Bladen County, April 12, 1865, February 15, 1875,
and October 25, 1875, to her family. Affidavit signed by
Sarah P. Hardee, Historian, Chicora Chapter, U.D.C., Dunn.
Approximately 1/10 cu. ft. Given by Mrs. Thomas H. Webb,
Concord.
APPENDIX IX
Services Rendered By The Division of Archives and Manuscripts
1954-1956
State Visits in Person Request for Genealogical
and Telephone Calls Information by Mail
183
53
95
176
32
23
3
139
156
Georgia 100 276
Idaho 9 21
Illinois 28 130
Indiana 14 87
lovira 15 56
Kansas 13 47
Kentucky 31 65
Louisiana 50 202
Maine 4 2
Maryland 6 46
Massachusetts 5 8
Michigan 10 31
Minnesota 2 5
Mississippi 44 251
Missouri 11 87
Montana 5
Nebraska 6 27
Nevada 3
Alabama
Arizona
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New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 26 28
New Mexico 29
New York 25 68
North Carolina 4,512 718
North Dakota 1
Ohio 12 39
Oklahoma 2 79
Oregon 6 46
Pennsylvania 31 30
Rhode Island 1 1
South Carolina 57 143
South Dakota 2 2
Tennessee 109 227
Texas 105 454
Utah 15 39
Vermont
Virginia 133 214
Washington 26
West Virginia 9 13
Wisconsin 10
Wyoming 7
Alaska 1
Canada 3
Cuba 1
England 8
Germany 3
Hawaii 1
South Africa 1
TOTAL 5,640* 4,400
Historians Connected with
Colleges and Universities 93 26
Students 205 12
Historians not Connected with
Colleges and Universities .... 169 47
Legal 48 7
Miscellaneous 241 20
Genealogical Workers 4,884 4,288
TOTAL 5,640 4,400
In person and by telephone 5,640
By mail 4,400
TOTAL 10,040
* Of this number 5,398 were registered visitors and 242 were
telephone requests.
State Department of Archives and History 69
APPENDIX X
Number of Visits to Search Room for Each Biennium, 1928-1956
1928-1930 2,859
1930-1932 3,259
1932-1934 2,666
1934-1936 2,999
1936-1938 3,423
1938-1940 3,918
1940-1942 4,253
1942-1944 2,318
1944-1946 3,341
1946-1948 5,105
1948-1950 6,042
1950-1952 5,749
1952-1954 5,402
1954-1956 5,398
APPENDIX XI
Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits to Search Room
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Mars Hill College
Meredith College
University of Mississippi
University of Nebraska
University of Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
Columbia University
Davidson College
Duke University
Emory University
Fayetteville State Teachers'
College
University of Florida
Florida State University
University of Georgia
University of Houston
University of Idaho
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Louisiana State University
North Carolina State College
North Carolina College, Durham
University of North Carolina
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
University of Pittsburgh
Shepherd College
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee
University of Texas
Vanderbilt University
Wake Forest College
West Georgia College
Western Reserve University
University of Wisconsin
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina
APPENDIX XII
Topics of Research Being Pursued by Visitors to Search Room,
1954-1956
Guerrilla Tactics during the
Revolution
William P. Johnson, Elder Brother
of President Andrew Johnson
History of Washington County,
Tennessee
Zebulon B. Vance
Career of Charles Griffin in North
Carolina in the 18th Century
History of National Intelligencer
Public Opinion in the Confeder-acy
History of Hookerton
Willie P. Mangum
Life of Thomas Wolfe
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Biography of Rev. Luke Grady,
Sr., Negro Representative in the
North Carolina Legislature
from New Hanover County, and
School Teacher
Joseph Seawell Jones
Biography of William H. Thomas
Revolutionary Soldiers of Gaston
County
History of Wendell
History of Confederate States'
Navy
Southern Colonies in the 18th
Century. Volume II of History
of the South Series
History of Pine Level
Lafayette's Tour of North Caro-lina
History of Dobbs County
History of Tennessee Baptists
State Bank of Alabama
Washington Peace Conference of
1861—Reid a Delegate
Biography of Goethiel Schober
The Suffrage Issue in American
History, 1763-1860
Biography of W. R. King
Cotton Mill Industry in North
Carolina before the Civil War
History of Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad
Religion in the Confederacy
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
Outer Banks of North Carolina
History of Harnett County
History of Scotland County
History of Roads in North Caro(
lina
History of Wayne County
History of Franklin County
Dueling in North Carolina
Early Education Legislation
North Carolina Medical History
John Gray Blount
History of the Ram Albemarle
History of Yadkin County
Role of the State Legislature in
the Confederacy
Confederate Chaplains
History of North Carolina
Literary Fund
Ux'ban Raleigh
Christ Church Rectory
Dorothea Dix
Life of Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee,
C. S. A.
Biography of D. H. Hill
The Speaking of Zebulon B. Vance
Biography of Dr. John William
Mallet
Papers of Alexander Hamilton
Biography of E. C. Brooks
History of Education in Nash
County
Colonial Florida, 1565-1603
Letters of Ralph Izard, 1742-1804
The Administration of Governor
R. B. Glenn
History of North Carolina School
Transportation
Development of Negro Education
in Iredell County
Public Domain, Tennessee
Biography of James Allen Seddon
Letters and Documents of
Lewis Cass (1782-1866)
Railroads in North Carolina,
1865-1876
Proprietary Government in North
Carolina
State Department of Archives and History 71
APPENDIX XIII
Services Rendered by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts
Restoration and Copying
Quaitei- Ending
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The following departments brought records into the Records Center:
Industrial Commission Board of Paroles
Department of Revenue State Board of Education
Department of Motor Vehicles State Board of Health
Employment Security Commission
For the four quarters for which complete figures are available,
1,396.6 cubic feet of records were disposed of and 1,783.8 cubic feet
of records were admitted. During these four quarters, a total of 693
visits were made to the Records Center by employees of various state
agencies needing information from the records filed at the Records
Center.
APPENDIX XVI
Partial List of North Carolina Counties Served by the Division
OF Archives and Manuscripts, 1954-1956
Caswell Montgomery
Davidson Pasquotank
Duplin Person
Halifax Pitt
Harnett Rowan
Henderson Rutherford
Hertford Sampson
Lincoln Surry
Mecklenburg
APPENDIX XVII
New Historical Markers Approved During the Biennium
District A: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford,
Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties
:
4-H Club (site of first in N. C), Hertford County
Scotch Hall (setting for novel, early house), Bertie County
James Iredell, Jr. (home, grave), Chowan County
District B: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington
counties:
Lake Company (early drainage works), Washington County
C. C. Cambreleng (site of birthplace), Beaufort County
District C: Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties:
District D: Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender coun-ties:
William S. Ashe (home), Pender County
Adam Empie, D. D. (grave), New Hanover County
Rose Greenhow (grave), New Hanover County
State Department of Archives and History 73
District E: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and
Warren counties
:
P. T. Barnum (site), Nash County-
Independence (site of "Halifax Resolves"), Halifax County
John White (home), Warren County
District F: Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson coun-ties:
District G : Alamance, Casvv^ell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person,
and Vance counties
:
William B. Umstead (birthplace, grave), Durham County
Bethesda Church (site), Caswell County
Cane Creek Meeting (site), Alamance County
Robert Paine (birthplace), Person County
Moses A. Curtis (site). Orange County
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site (2 units), Alamance
County
Battle of Alamance (map marker), Alamance County
District H: Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake counties:
Willis Smith (home, grave). Wake County
North Carolina Dental Society (site). Wake County
District I : Bladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, and Scot-land
counties:
Sherman's March (site, building), Hoke County
James Lytch (site), Scotland County
State Sanatorium (buildings), Hoke County
District J: Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, and Stokes counties:
Deep River Meeting (site), Guilford County
Wm. Cyrus Briggs (site), Forsyth County
Centre Friends Meeting (site), Guilford County
Levi Coifin (birthplace), Guilford County
Wachovia Museum (building), Forsyth County
High Point College, Guilford County
Bethabara (site, building), Forsyth County
O. P. Fitzgerald (birthplace), Rockingham County
District K : Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and
Richmond counties:
District L: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union coun-ties:
Wingate Junior College, Union County
Catawba College, Rowan County
District M: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie. Iredell, Surry,
Wilkes, and Yadkin counties:
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"Fort Hamby" (site), Wilkes County
District N: Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga,
and Yancey counties
:
Frontier Fort (site), McDowell County
Swannanoa Gap, McDowell County
Davenport College (site), Caldwell County
District O: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Ruther-ford
counties:
Clyde R. Hoey (home and grave), Cleveland County
Dallas (town), Gaston County
Catawba College (site), Catawba County
District P: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Transyl-vania
counties:
Swannanoa Tunnel, Buncombe County
District Q : Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain
counties:
APPENDIX XVIII
Ceremonies at the Unveiling of Historical Markers
Title of Marker
Rutherford College
Guernsey Cattle
Flat Rock
John Branch
Joseph Dickson
James Hogun
Monroe's Crossroads
and
Edenborough Medical
College
Wingate Junior College
Sherman's March
James W. Cannon
Place and County
Rutherford College
Burke County
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Hendersonville
Henderson County
Enfield
Halifax County
Gaston County
Hobgood
Halifax County
Raeford
Hoke County
Wingate
Union County
Raeford
Hoke County
Mecklenburg County
Date of Unveiling
July 31, 1954
August 26, 1954
August 29, 1954
September 9, 1954
October 16, 1954
November 30, 1954
March 11, 1955
May 28, 1955
August 14, 1955
October 26, 1955
State Department of Archives and History 75
APPENDIX XIX
Registration at the Hall of History by State
AND Foreign Country, 1954-1956
From the United States
Alabama 69
Arizona 2
Arkansas 10
California 77
Colorado 13
Connecticut 25
Delaware 7
Florida 127
Georgia 109
Idaho 9
Illinois 66
Indiana 25
Iowa 23
Kansas 19
Kentucky 33
Louisiana 23
Maine 7
Maryland 49
Massachusetts 64
Michigan 59
Minnesota 22
Mississippi 26
Missouri 23
Montana 2
Nebraska 12
Nevada 6
New Hampshire 6
New Jersey 52
New Mexico 6
New York 191
North Carolina 85,084
North Dakota 3
Ohio 77
Oklahoma 15
Oregon 13
Pennsylvania 129
Rhode Island 8
South Carolina 85
South Dakota 2
Tennessee 69
Texas 89
Utah 18
Virginia 250
Washington 30
West Virginia 27
Wisconsin 34
Wyoming 3
District of Columbia 28
Total 87,126
From United States Territories and Foreign Countries
Alaska 4 France
Argentina 5 Germany
Austria 3 Greece
Belgium 1 Guam
Bolivia 2 Hawaii
Brazil 1 Holland
Burma 1 India
Canada 31 Iran
China 2 Iraq
Cuba 15 Ireland
Denmark 2 Israel
Egypt 1 Japan
El Salvador 1 Korea
England 11 Latvia
Finland 1 Luxembourg
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Mexico 3 Spain 1
New Zealand 1 Sweden 1
Nicaragua 1 Thailand 2
Norway 1 Turkey 2
Pakistan 1 Venezuela 2
Philippines 7
Puerto Rico 3 Total 145
Scotland 2
Southern Rhodesia 1 Grand Total 87,271
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TWENTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT
of the
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
JULY 1, 1954
TO
JUNE 30, 1956
RALEIGH
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
1956
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Executive Board*
McDaniel Lewis, Chairman, Greensboro
Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern
Fletcher M. Green, Chapel Hill
Clarence W, Griffin, Forest City
Josh L. Home, Rocky Mount
William Thomas Laprade, Durham
Mrs. P. F. Patton, Hendersonville
Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh
For terms of office of members of the Executive Board, see below,
Appendix VII, p. 53.
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency
Luther H. Hodges
Governor of North Carolma
Dear Governor Hodges
:
In compliance with Chapter 543, Session Laws of 1955, I
have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Report of North Carolina De-partment
of Archives and History for the period, July 1,
1954-June 30, 1956.
Respectfully,
Christopher Crittenden,
Director
Raleigh, July 1, 1956
CONTENTS
A Period of Continued Progress 6
Division of Archives and Manuscripts 10
Division of Historic Sites 20
Division of Museums 30
Division of Publications 37
Appendixes:
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1956 46
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1954-1956 46
Number of Employees as of June 30
at the End of Each Biennium 47
Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1956 48
List of Employees, Showing Name, Title, and
Period of Service 48
Publications of Members of the Staff 50
Terms of Office of Members of the Executive
Board; the Members, June 30, 1956; and the
Dates of Appointment 53
Archives and Manuscripts Accessioned, 1954-1956 53
Services Rendered by the Division of Archives
and Manuscripts, 1954-1956 67
Number of Visits to Search Room for Each
Biennium, 1928-1956 69
Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits
to Search Room 69
Topics of Research Being Pursued by Visitors
to Search Room, 1954-1956 69
Services Rendered by the Division of Archives
and Manuscripts Restoration and Copying 71
State Records Microfilmed, July 1954-June 1956. ... 71
State Agencies Served by Records Control
Program, 1954-1956 71
Partial List of North Carolina Counties Served
by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts,
1954-1956 72
New Historical Markers Approved During the
Biennium 72
Ceremonies at the Unveiling of Historical Markers 74
Registration at the Hall of History by State and
Foreign Country, 1954-1956 ' 75
Museum Items Accessioned 76
Volumes, Pamphlets, Leaflets, and Charts Mailed
by Month 92
Copies of The North Car-olina Historical Review
Mailed Per Issue 92
Back Issues of The North Carolina Historical
Review Mailed Per Month 92
Paid-Up Subscriptions, New or Renewal, Received
for The North Carolina Histoncal Review,
Per Month 93
Articles Published in The North Carolina
Historical Review 93
Documentary Materials Published in The North
Carolina Historical Revieiv 95
Copies of Carolina Comments Mailed Per Issue . 95
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
July 1, 1954, to June 30, 1956
A Period of Continued Progress
During the 1954-1956 biennium the Department contin-ued
to expand and progress in many ways—in the total of
its appropriation, in the size of its staff, and, most im-portant
of all, in the scope, volume, and quality of its
services to the public.
Neiv Basic Act
The General Assembly at its regular 1955 session passed
a bill that became Chapter 543, Session Laws of 1955, re-defining
and re-stating the duties and functions of the
Department. The bill had been prepared by the Commission
on Reorganization of State Government in co-operation with
the Department, and in general it strengthened and clarified
the provisions of the law relating to the Department. The
major change was that it transferred from the Department
of Conservation and Development to the Department of
Archives and History the State's historic sites function.
Appropriation
The Department's appropriation, which had increased
rapidly in recent years, reached new high levels during
the biennium. From $161,203 in 1953-1954, the total
dropped slightly to $160,084 in 1954-1955 but cHmbed to
$183,182 in 1955-1956.' These totals do not include $10,000
available each year from the Highway Fund for historical
markers and also certain additional sums, so that the grand
total for the last year mentioned exceeded $200,000.
Staff
The Department's staff continued to increase in size, from
31 on June 30, 1954, to 33 two years later.- Of greater
' For appropriations and expenditures, 1980-1954, and the Department's budset,
1954-1956, see below, Appendixes l-II, pp. 46-47.
- For the number of employees, 1908-1956; positions and salary ranges, June 30,
1956; list of employees, 1954-1956; and a list of staff publications, see below. Appen-dixes
III, IV, V, and VI, pp. 47, 48, 50.
State Department of Archives and History 7
significance, perhaps, was the fact that during the period
under review the quality of the staff was probably higher
than ever before. Through the use of the position descrip-tions
prepared several years ago by the State Personnel
Department, in co-operation with the Department of Ar-chives
and History, it has been a sine qua non that each
new employee meet the minimum prescribed standards and
it has been possible to emphasize the professional nature
of the latter Department's program.
Archives and Manuscripts
By far the most significant accession in Archives and
Manuscripts has been a gift from Honorable Thurmond
Chatham, Congressman from the Fifth North Carolina
District. This collection includes 27 original docum.ents
relating to North Carolina, 1664-1674, among them the
commission and instructions of the Governor of Albemarle,
1667, and other documents of the Lords Proprietors. The
Division continues to be hampered by the lack of suitably
constructed space and of sufficient total space, as well as by
the lack of a staff sufficiently large to perform the assigned
duties, but nevertheless it has performed notable and in-creasing
services. The Records Control Program has made
further progress, facilitated toward the end of the bien-nium
by the physical consolidation of the entire program in
the new Records Center.'
Historic Sites
While the General Assembly in 1955 transferred to the
Department the historic sites function, it made only a small
appropriation for the purpose—nothing for central ad-ministration.-
By certain measures of reorganization and
certain transfers in the budget, however, it was possible
at least to make a beginning in this field, and effective
October 1, 1955, a new Division of Historic Sites was
established within the Department. The groundwork was
thus laid for this new program and progress was made both
in developing the sites transferred to the Department and
' For further information on the program and accomplishments of the Division of
Archives and Manuscripts, see below, pp. 10-19.
- For further information about the program of the Division of Historic Sites, see
below, pp. 20-29.
8 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
also in advising and assisting private individuals and un-official
organizations in preserving and maintaining historic
sites. A total of 42 historical markers were authorized,
bringing the grand total to 809.
Museums
The Hall of History (state historical museum) has con-tinued
its program of following the latest and most ap-proved
museum methods and practices in portraying to
the State's people their common heritage. Several perma-nent
exhibits were added, and various special exhibits were
opened.' Among the most important accessions was an
original kitchen, over a century old, that was brought more
than 100 miles to Raleigh, along with many of its original
furnishings. The attendance continued to increase, amount-ing
during the biennium to an estimated 218,178. Of special
significance was the development of the Tarheel Junior
Historian Association.
Publications
The Department's program of publishing documentary
volumes, The North Carolina Historical Review (a histori-cal
quarterly), Carolina Comments (a newsletter), pamph-lets,
and leaflets was continued. The number of subscribers
to The Review reached a new high. Of significance was the
publication of the eighth volume of The Records of the
Moravians in North Carolina, a series begun in 1922 that
covers the history of that remarkable group of settlers
and their descendants from 1752 to 1837. In order to make
the publication program more nearly self-sustaining, the
price of a subscription to The Review was increased from
$2.00 to $3.00, the price of each documentary volume was
increased from $1.00 to $3.00, and a small fee was charged
for most of the pamphlets and leaflets.
-
A Program of Service
In addition to the ways mentioned above, the Department
sought to serve by every means possible the people of the
State and to bring history alive for them. It co-operated
' For more detailed information regarding the program of the Division of Museums,
see below, pp. 30-36.
" For additional data on the publication program, see below, pp. 37-45.
State Department of Archives and History 9
closely with the State Literary and Historical Association,
which was carrying on a broader and more effective pro-gram
than ever before; the Director of the Department,
following the custom of many years, continued to serve as
Secretary of the Association, and various members of the
Department's staff assisted the Association in many ways.
Staff members continued to travel to all parts of the State,
delivering addresses and participating in ceremonies and
movements of various kinds (all in the general field of
North Carolina history). Also, staff members continued to
play a leading part in the affairs of different national and
regional historical and allied organizations.
Neiv Bidldincj
The Department will never to the fullest degree serve the
State and its people until it is housed in a building especially
designed for its needs. At the present time it is located in
the State Education Building, which is primarily an office
building and is in certain ways unsuited to the require-ments
of a department of archives and history. A request
was made to the 1955 General Assembly for an appropria-tion
of $1,363,465 for an Archives and History Building,
but the budgetary situation was so tight that at the time
there was no hope of obtaining such an appropriation and
the request was not pushed.
Executive Board
On August 10, 1954, Governor Umstead appointed Mr.
Josh L. Home of Rocky Mount to fill the unexpired term
of B. F. Brown, who had resigned on May 6, 1954. On
August 20, 1954, Mr. McDaniel Lewis was elected Chairman
of the Executive Board. On July 18, 1955, Governor Hodges
reappointed Mr. Home for a term expiring March 31, 1961,
and appointed Dr. Fletcher M. Green of Chapel Hill for a
term expiring March 31, 1961, succeeding Mrs. B. T.
Williams of Stedman.'
The program and activities of the Department during the
biennium are described more in detail on the pages that
follow.
' For the terms of the Executive Board and the dates of their appointment, see
below. Appendix VII, p. 53.
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS
H. G. Jones, State Archivist
The Division of Archives and Manuscripts consists of
two closely related but physically separated sections^ the
Archives proper and the Records Control Program. For
the convenience of this report, the sections are discussed
here separately.
The Archives
Several changes in personnel during the 1954-1956 bien-nium
have perhaps prevented the Archives from function-ing
in the most efficient manner. Taking into account the
interruptions, staff changes, and shortage of personnel, the
Archives shows marked progress and considerable accomp-lishments.
The most pressing needs of two years ago are
still the most urgent needs of the Division—i.e., more and
better designed and equipped space, and additional person-nel.
Improper air conditioning in the archives areas has
resulted in considerable anxiety over whether or not the
records are being adequately protected against excessive
heat, humidity, and exposure. Due to the unorthodox ar-rangement
of a combination of heating pipes and cool air
in the stacks, it is questionable whether the problem can
be remedied at all. This is the most compelling support for
the Department's efforts to secure appropriations for a new
building. The staff can watch over and make use of the
unique records in the Archives with great care, but they
cannot prevent deterioration of the valuable holdings be-cause
of defective structural conditions, conditions which
every electrical engineer who has observed the situation
has concluded are incapable of remedy.
As the following paragraphs and appendixes will reveal,
the small Archives staff has accomplished a great deal not
only in collecting and preserving records, but just as im-portantly,
in making these records available to professional
and amateur historians, biographers, genealogists, national,
state, and local officials, and the public in general. Thou-sands
of persons were served in visits to the Search Room
and by mail, thousands of pages of irreplaceable records
State Department of Archives and History 11
12 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
were restored and laminated, and photostatic copies, micro-film,
and microfilm prints were made. All this work was in
addition to the routine archival duties of accessioning, in-ventorying,
describing, shelving, and preserving the rec-ords.
This work was done by an archival staff of six persons
including the State Archivist.
Yet these impressive figures' should not blind one to the
urgent need of expanding these services. Large groups of
records still are not under adequate control and many of
them cannot be properly controlled with the present limited
staff. Such records are being preserved, but they are of
little practical value as long as they are not in usable order.
Despite progress in restoring badly worn records, for every
page restored there are many dozen pages in the Archives
in need of repair and restoration. The more than 5,000
visitors to the Search Room had to be served in most cases
by one attendant. This same attendant had the primary
responsibility of doing the research for almost 5,000 genea-logical
enquiries by mail and telephone. The entire Division
of Archives and Manuscripts has no stenographer or typist-clerk,
the result of which is that higher salaried archivists
are required to spend a large portion of their time at the
typewriter.
Pointing up the needs of the Archives, however, should in
no way detract from the pride with which the Division
gives a summary of its work the past two years.
Accessions
By far our most significant accession during the past
biennium was the Thurmond Chatham Collection, a gift
from the Congressman from the Fifth District and promi-nent
manufacturer. This collection consists of 27 original
letters and documents, amounting to 94 pages, on North
Carolina, 1664-1674. It includes the commission of 1667
with the attached "Instruction for our Governor of the
County of Albemarle in the Province of Carolina," several
commissions and appointments, and letters to Governors
Stephens and Carteret. These rare papers are in an excel-
' For statistics on services rendered researchers and State and county agencies, see
below. Appendixes IX-XIII, pp. 67-71.
State Department of Archives and History 13
lent state of preservation and are preserved in custom-made
boxes purchased by Mr. Chatham.
Among other significant accessions were the following:
general correspondence, special appointments, and county
file of Governor William B. Umstead ; general correspon-dence
of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1912-
1933; Court of Chancery Minutes, 1766-1767; Granville
County Tax List of 1786 ; Minute Book of the Vestry and
Wardens of the Poor, Sampson County, 1785-1823 ; addi-tional
papers of the North Carolina Society of the Cincin-nati
; abstracts of deeds. Wake County, Volume H, 1787-
1790; Diary of Col. Allen L. Fahnestock, 86th Regiment,
Illinois Infantry Volunteers, 1862-1865 (microfilm) ; North
Carolina population census of 1880 ; and Quinlan-Monroe
Lumber Company papers, Hazelwood, 1901-1914.
These items, as well as others listed in the Appendix,'
were accessioned and are now available for use in the Search
Room, except for the census of 1880 which, because of its
poor condition, is not available for use.
Conti'ol
The time-consuming but essential job of extending better
control over records was continued despite shortage of
personnel. Confederate pension records were arranged
alphabetically, World War II Selective Service records
were arranged by local board and a microfilm index was
made, and the Mecklenburg estate papers were arranged
alphabetically. At the end of the biennium work was pro-gressing
on alphabetical arrangement of the vouchers of
the War of 1812 and Wake County estate records.
Preservatiori and Restoratio7i
The formidable project of repairing, laminating, and
rebinding land grant records for the Secretary of State
was continued. A total of 29 volumes were restored in this
biennium, but with only one person engaged in this task,
it will require roughly five years to complete this special
service for the Secretary of State.
A total of 12,946 pages were repaired and laminated
during the biennium, including materials in the Archives,
' For a complete list of accessions, see below, Appendix VIII, pp. 53-67.
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land grants for the Secretary of State, and a few items for
other agencies and private individuals. In addition, the
Department furnished at no charge the materials for the
restoration of a number of volumes of deeds for counties.
Service to the Public
The Department is a public agency. Aside from its pri-mary
duty of serving the State as the archival agency, the
Department exists for the benefit of the people of North
Carolina who support it with their taxes. Here, again,
shortage of personnel prevents the fullest possible service,
but even with so limited a staff more than 10,000 persons
were served by the Search Room from July 1, 1954, to
June 30, 1956, either in person, by telephone, or by mail.
A total of 5,398 persons registered to do research in the
Search Room. ^ This number does not include those who
through either haste or oversight failed to register. Of
these visitors, 4,500 were from North Carolina, thus empha-sizing
the public character of the Division. The remainder
were from 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Cuba. Of
the total, 93 were historians connected with colleges and
universities, 169 were other historians, 205 were students
(usually candidates for advanced degrees), 48 were in the
legal profession, 4,884 were seeking genealogical informa-tion,
and 241 were unclassified. In addition to the visitors,
242 persons were served by telephone. A total of 40 insti-tutions
of higher learning throughout the United States
were represented by the visitors.- Sixty specific topics of
serious research,'^ m.any of them destined to emerge in book
form, were listed by those who used the Division's records.
Mail enquiries continued to increase, and this phase of
the Division's duties is approaching the level where it will
require the full-time duties of one person. No less than
4,400 persons were given information by mail, 718 of whom
were North Carolinians.^ The bulk of these letters came
from out of the State—from 46 states, the District of
'^ For detailed statistics, see below. Appendix IX. pp. 67-68.
-' For a list of institutions represented by visitors, see below. Appendix XI, p. 69.
•' For a list of topics of researchers, see below. Appendix XII, pp. 69-70.
' For statistics on services rendered, see below. Appendix IX, pp. 67-68.
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Columbia, Alaska, Canada, England, Germany, Hawaii,
and South Africa. The writers were most often interested
in genealogy, but more than 100 were seeking information
for professional writings.
The Division continued to serve the public by making
low-cost reproductions of records available.^ A total of
6,789 photocopies and microfilm prints were made for a
charge of $2,400.95, and 360 certified copies were supplied
at a charge of $360. In copying records 3,042 feet of micro-film
were used. The increasingly large demand for repro-ductions
of records will soon require the full-time services
of one worker.
Finally, 17 counties asked for and received aid from the
Division, the extent of such aid ranging from authorization
for disposal of non-current records to personal visits by
staff members to advise county officials on preservation or
maintenance of records.
-
Records Control
North Carolina, unlike some states but like others, has
insisted that the problem of controlling semi-current rec-ords
can best be solved not by the establishment of a com-pletely
independent records management agency, but
through a closely related records control group functioning
as an integral part of the Department of Archives and
History. The success and progress of the North Carolina
program support this point of view.
For administrative purposes the Records Control Pro-gram,
with headquarters on the second floor of a state
building at the corner of McDowell and Lane streets, is
directly under the supervision of the Records Center Super-visor
who is responsible through the State Archivist to the
Director of the Department. The program may be divided
into two projects : the personnel assigned to inventorying
records of state agencies and making disposal or retention
schedules for such agencies ; and the microfilm project,
composed of personnel who transfer to microfilm such
records as need to be preserved permanently but which
^ For statistics on reproduction of records, see below. Appendix XIII, p. 71.
- For a list of counties served, see below, Appendix XVI, p. 72.
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need not be preserved in their original form. Each of these
projects depends upon the other, inasmuch as records of
agencies inventoried are "scheduled" in such a manner that
they are to be retained in the original form in the office
of origin, transferred to the Records Center for retention
of originals for a specified period, microfilmed and the
originals disposed of, or transferred to the Archives for
preservation for historical, as distinguished from adminis-trative,
purposes.
Since February, 1956, the Center has been under the
supervision of Mrs. Fannie Memory Blackwelder whose
historical and legal background well qualify her for the
position. Under her administration the programs of inven-torying
and microfilming have been extended to the point
that the records of a number of State agencies are in ad-mirable
order and schedules have been drawn up indicating
how and when each series is to be transferred, filmed, or
otherwise disposed of. Notable among the departments
which have excellent control over the records in this manner
is the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Many of the earlier inventories and schedules are in need
of revision, and this work is being carried on as time allows.
Most State officials are sympathetic toward the records con-trol
program and have given the Department their co-oper-ation.
The first steps in any control program are the drawing
up of an administrative history of the agency, an inventory
of its records, and a schedule for disposal and or retention
of each series of records. In case record groups need to be
retained for a given number of years, they are transferred
in steel cabinets to the Records Center where they will be
preserved until the specified date, at which time they will
be disposed of. In the event that the groups need to be re-tained,
but not necessarily in the original form, they may
be microfilmed and the originals disposed of, thus saving
valuable space that otherwise would be used for the storage
of bulky records. Such space savings are estimated to be
over 98 per cent.
State Department of Archives and History 19
Transfers and Disposal
During the past biennium seven agencies brought records
into the Records Center and the same number authorized
disposal of records. Records, after storage in the Center,
are normally serviced by the agency of origin, and the
Revenue Department keeps an employee stationed in the
Center to handle their requests. Agencies served by trans-fers
and or disposals were the Department of Revenue,
Industrial Commission, Employment Security Commission,
Board of Health, Board of Education, State Auditor, De-partment
of Motor Vehicles, and the Board of Paroles.^
Microfilm Project
From July 1, 1954, through June 30, 1956, a total of
8,067,811 images were transferred to microfilm on 1,369
rolls of film. Of these the State Treasurer's office required
over a third of the total. Other agencies whose records were
microfilmed were Vocational Rehabilitation, Revenue De-partment,
Selective Service, Burial Association, Depart-ment
of Agriculture, State Auditor, Budget Bureau, Board
of Education, Personnel Department, Department of Con-servation
and Development, and Teachers' and State Em-ployees'
Retirement System. -
' For a list of State agencies served by the Division, see below. Appendix XV,
pp. 71-72.
" For statistics on services to these State agencies, see below. Appendix XIV. p. 71.
DIVISION OF HISTORIC SITES
William S. Tarlton, Historic Sites Superinteyideiit
For many years such work as was done by the State of
North Carolina in the field of historic preservation and
restoration was performed by a variety of special commis-sions
appointed to do special projects and by the State Parks
Division of the Department of Conservation and Develop-ment,
which administered certain site projects in connection
with its recreational parks program. Unified planning and
action were lacking. Partly for this reason and partly be-cause
of limited public interest, historic preservation in the
State lagged until very recent years. Upon recommendation
of the Commission for the Reorganization of State Govern-ment,
the 1955 General Assembly rewrote existing legisla-tion
and placed the State function in this field in the
Department of Archives and History, where it was generally
felt to belong. This reassignment of the function to a single
State agency makes it possible to develop and follow a uni-fied
and planned program in adequately caring for the
State's significant historic sites, areas, and structures.
1955 Legislation
Chapter 543 of the Session Laws of 1955 transferred the
Department of Conservation and Development's responsi-bility
for the historical highway marker program and for
three historic site projects : Tryon Palace, New Bern,
Craven County ; the Zebulon Baird Vance Birthplace, near
Weaverville, Buncombe County ; and the Charles B. Aycock
Birthplace, near Fremont, Wayne County. The same legis-lation
also authorized the transfer of such properties then
held by Conservation and Development as were primarily
historical in character and value, and for the detachment
and transfer of historic areas that were part of recreational
park developments. Other legislation provided for the trans-fer
of the Zebulon Baird Vance Birthplace Commission's
functions to the Department, thereby placing the project
entirely under its administration. Pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 543 the following four properties were trans-ferred
on July 1, 1955: Town Creek Indian Mound, near
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Mt. Gilead, Montgomery County; Alamance Battleground,
near Burlington, Alamance County; the James Iredell
House, Edenton, Chowan County; and Brunswick Town,
near Orton Plantation, Brunswick County, Two other his-toric
properties were continued under the Department of
Conservation and Development, pending further study and
possible transfer at a later time: Fort Macon, a part of
Fort Macon State Park, Carteret County ; and the "Somer-set
Place" plantation restoration, a part of Pettigrew State
Park at Lake Phelps, Washington and Tyrrell counties.
A third property, Rendezvous Mountain, near North Wilkes-boro,
Wilkes County, is currently being investigated jointly
by the two departments to determine whether it has suffici-ent
historical interest to be transferred and developed as a
historic site.
Special appropriations made by the 1955 General As-sembly
have made it possible to purchase the "House in the
Horseshoe," near Carthage, Moore County, to plan for the
purchase of land needed to develop Bentonville Battlefield,
Johnston County, and to render special aid to four other
locally sponsored restoration projects as follows : Historic
Halifax, Halifax County; the Barker House, Edenton,
Chowan County; "Hope," the Governor David Stone man-sion,
near Windsor, Bertie County; and the Bunker Hill
Covered Bridge, near Claremont, Catawba County.
Other legislation authorized the Department to co-operate
with and render advisory assistance to other State, local,
and private agencies and organizations in historic preserva-tion
projects that such groups might undertake. This au-thorization
has opened the way for promoting historic
preservation in the State at large, as an important means
of preserving North Carolina history, and for doing much
to keep all such work done in the State up to acceptable
standards of excellence.
Division of Historic Sites Orgmiized
To administer the Department's new historic sites pro-gram,
a new administrative division, the Division of His-toric
Sites, was established on October 1, 1955. With a staff
that is not yet adequate, the Division has been able to make
State Department of Archives and History 23
progress in laying the groundwork of its program and in
actual accomplishment. The Division is now administering
directly two projects (Town Creek Indian Mound and
Alamance Battleground), and indirectly two others, which
are State-owned but are actually administered, under the
Division's supervision, by local non-profit organizations
under contract with the Department (the James Iredell
House and the House in the Horseshoe). The Division is
assisting the Tryon Palace Project in matters of land ac-quisition,
personnel organization, and historical research
;
is negotiating the purchase of land for other site projects
(currently Bentonville Battlefield and the Zebulon Baird
Vance Birthplace) ; is assisting the several local projects
that receive state aid through the Department (Historic
Halifax, the Barker House, "Hope," and Bunker Hill Cov-ered
Bridge) ; and is conducting the historical highway
marker program.
Coopej'atiori
In keeping with the policy of assisting with the projects
of other State and local agencies and private organizations,
the staff have given advisory help in connection with the
following
:
Proposed restoration of the "Hexagon House" (Richmond
Temperance Society Hall), near Wagram, Scotland County;
Proposed restoration of Person's Ordinary (Tavern),
Littleton, Halifax County
;
Preservation of Fort Johnston, Southport, Brunswick
County
;
Investigation of the site of the seventeenth-century
Charles Town settlement on the Lower Cape Fear River,
Brunswick County
;
Restoration of the Calvin Jones House, first Wake Forest
College building. Wake Forest, Wake County
;
Proposed preservation of the First Presbyterian Church,
Morganton, Burke County
;
Preservation of the General William Lenoir Cemetery,
near Lenoir, Caldwell County
;
Preservation of the Bill Nye house, near Arden, Bun-combe
County
;
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Development of the Governor Richard Caswell Memorial
Park, Kinston, Lenoir County
;
Research concerning Rendezvous Mountain, near Wilkes-boro,
Wilkes County;
Proposed preservation of "Athol" mansion, near Edenton,
Chowan County
;
Restoration of the Governor Charles B. Aycock Birth-place,
near Fremont, Wayne County
;
Proposed restoration of the Bennett House, near Durham,
Durham County
;
Progress of Site Projects
(1) Town Creek Indian Mound, Montgomery County.
This 50-acre tract contains the site of an important Indian
religious and political center, concentrated in a fairly com-pact
space, and peripheral areas of other types of Indian
occupation. For 17 years prior to its transfer to this depart-ment,
the site had been subjected to continuing archeological
research in co-operation with the University of North Car-olina
Anthropology Department. Some years ago the stock-ade
surrounding the central area, and the temple mound
within it, were restored, and a temporary museum, in very
unsatisfactory quarters and in an equally unsatisfactory
location, was established. During the past year archeologi-cal
research has been continued, the museum has been
reorganized and improved, and reconstruction of the temple
on the mound has been started. It is expected that the
temple will be completed during the 1956-1957 fiscal year.
During the year a total of 11,260 visitors was recorded,
reflecting a rising trend in visitation. There is critical need
for a dwelling house, a permanent museum building, and
other research and maintenance facilities. Until these fa-cilities
are secured, further progress will be seriously ob-structed.
(2) Alamance Battleground, Alamance County. This is
the site of the Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771, between
the militia forces of Governor William Tryon and a band
of frontiersmen, known as the "Regulators," who had risen
in arms against malpractices in local government. The
battle marked decisive defeat for the Regulators but did not
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kill their influence. Regulator demands helped significantly
to shape the first North Carolina State Constitution of 1776.
During the year a Historic Site Specialist has been assigned
to the project to conduct research on the battle and on the
significant features of the battlefield, and to formulate gen-eral
plans for the project. Three site markers, one a large
map marker, have been erected, the site has been cleared
of undergrowth and landscaped, and a great deal of public
information activity has been conducted in Alamance
County and to a lesser degree in the State generally.
A trailer museum exhibit toured the schools and towns of
the area for two weeks, greatly stimulating local interest.
Local civic clubs have agreed to raise funds for one-half the
cost of a museum building, estimated at $30,000. To further
development of the project, the museum building, a dwell-ing
house, and other facilities are necessary.
(3) James Iredell House, Edenton, Chowan County. This
house, built about 1770, was the home of James Iredell,
Attorney General cf North Carolina during part of the
Revolution, and Justice of the first United States Supreme
Court, 1790-1799. Aside from its association with Iredell,
it has architectural interest and merit, being a splendid
example of the domestic architecture of its time and place.
The project is administered by the James Iredell House
Association, under contract with the Department. The De-partment
reserves supervisory rights over restoration work
and administrative policies. The house has been partially
restored and furnished, and during the year the outbuild-ings
have been repaired and painted. Further restoration
and development of the grounds are now being planned.
(4) The House in the Horseshoe (Alston House), Moore
County. This is a good example of colonial architecture.
During the Revolution (1781) a group of Whigs under the
command of Philip Alston, then the owner, were attacked
in the house by David Fanning's Tories. Bullet holes are
still to be seen in the front and rear walls. Later the house
was the home of Benjamin Williams, governor of the State,
1799-1802, 1807-1808. It is being restored and administered
by the Moore County Historical Association under contract
State Department of Archives and History 27
with the Department. The Department retains supervisory
control over restoration work and administrative policies.
With funds raised by the Moore County Historical Associa-tion
and donated by Mrs. Elizabeth Stevenson Ives, restora-tion
has proceeded rapidly and is now about 90 per cent
complete. The house will be furnished to period and other-wise
developed as a public exhibit.
(5) The Zebulon Baird Vance Birthplace, Buncombe
County. As the basis for restoration plans, a study has been
made of the site and the present buildings, and a report
compiled. With representatives of local groups it has been
determined that about five acres of land should be acquired
and a full-scale restoration project be undertaken. The
completed project will include the restored Vance House
and a museum exhibiting memorabilia of Vance's full ca-reer.
Negotiations have been started for the purchase of the
land from funds appropriated by the State. It is expected
that at least a part of the funds for the restoration project
and for the museum will be raised locally.
(6) Tryon Palace, New Bern, Craven County. During
the year the Division served this project in various ways,
particularly in the acquisition of several parcels of land
needed for the Palace grounds and in various historical
problems requiring research. The Palace restoration, con-ducted
by the Tryon Palace Commission, is expected to be
completed in about a year.
(7) Charles B. Aycock Birthplace, Wayne County. This
project is to be developed by the Charles B. Aycock Com-mission
and then turned over to the Department for ad-ministration.
Although plans for the restoration have been
drawn, progress has been slow during the past year. The
1955 General Assembly appropriated funds for its adminis-tration
by the Department, beginning with the 1956-1957
fiscal year.
(8) Historic Halifax, Halifax County. During the year
$3,000 was granted to the Historic Halifax Restoration As-sociation
to aid in the restoration of the Old Gaol, acquired
last year by the Association. The Gaol, now almost com-pletely
restored, houses the local historical museum.
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(9) The Barker House, Edenton, Chowan County. Dur-ing
the year $1,200 was granted to the Barker House
Association, which owns and is restoring this house, to
further the restoration. The Barker House, a splendid early
Edenton house, was the home of Thomas and Penelope
Barker, both prominent in North Carolina revolutionary
history. Moved to a new site on the Edenton waterfront, it
is to be used for community purposes.
(10) Bentonville Battleground, Johnston County. Here
was fought, March 19-21, 1865, between the Confederate
army of General Joseph E. Johnston and the Union army
of General William T. Sherman, the biggest and bloodiest
battle ever waged on North Carolina soil and the only
large Civil War battle fought within the State. Johnston's
subsequent retreat led to the occupation of Raleigh within
a few weeks and the final surrender of the Confederate
army at the Bennett House, near Durham, on April 26,
1865. Efforts were started during the year to acquire, with
funds made available by the 1955 General Assembly, a
museum site and other rights in the large battlefield area,
so that a program of exhibits may be planned. Plans were
made to mark the chief battlefield sites with roadside
markers.
(11) Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, Catawba County.
From funds appropriated for the purpose, the Division as-sisted
the Catawba County Historical Association in com-pleting
the restoration of this, one of the three remaining
covered bridges in the State.
(12) Brunswick Town, Brunswick County. This is the
site of the first town on the lower Cape Fear River, im-portant
early seaport, residence of royal governors, and
scene of many important patriot actions on the eve of the
Revolution. During the Revolution the town was partly
burned and later it disappeared entirely, except for the
massive remains of St. Philips Church and the graves in
the churchyard. Due to the lack of funds, no work has yet
been done on this site. When funds are available it is ex-pected
that a program of archeological work, marking of
sites, and museum development will be started.
State Department of Archives and History 29
Histoncal Highway Marker Program
During the biennium a total of 42 markers were author-ized
by the Advisory Committee on Historical Markers,^
bringing the total number to 809, of which 794 are actually
in service. Fifteen remain to be erected. Thirteen of the
new markers were unveiled in special ceremonies, arranged
by interested local groups and in every case attended by a
representative of the Department.-
The marker program, now 21 years old, continues to be
one of the most popular branches of the Department's pro-gram
and has done much to stimulate the interest of our
citizens in local and state history.
In the establishment of the Historic Sites Division the
Researcher, who in previous years put most of his time on
research for the marker program, was lost to the Depart-ment.
This work is now done on a part-time basis only, with
the result that the program has been curtailed until addi-tional
staff can be secured to place it again on a normal
full-time basis.
^ For a list of markers erected, see below, Appendix XVII, pp. 72-74.
2 For a list of these ceremonies, see below. Appendix XVIII, p. 74.
DIVISION OF MUSEUMS
Mrs. Joye E. Jo:iDAN, Museum Administrator
The fundamental purpose of today's history museum is
to preserve material and information for future generations
and to make history come alive for the present generation.
It is the knowledge and understanding obtained from this
tangible evidence of the way people thought, worked, and
lived while building our State and Nation that give meaning
to the present.
The general public completes its formal knowledge of
history when the textbook for the last required course is
closed. Few adults read history as such, but they enjoy
historical novels and historical events portrayed on radio
and television, and they travel for miles to visit a restora-tion.
It is this audio-visual, travel-minded public—and by
the way it is becoming increasingly discriminating—which
must be given the opportunity to learn something of their
heritage. The history museum of today must be prepared
to meet this challenge and to render the far-reaching serv-ices
that are demanded. This report will present some of
the methods by ^yhich the state history museum attempted
to fulfill its obligations and responsibilities during the
past biennium.
Exhibits
Of the many phases of work in a history museum, it is
the well-executed exhibit that makes history palatable to
the average visitor. There is no merit in displaying a set
of 1850 tools in a cluttered, dusty museum case of the same
date. Using modern display methods, changing and rear-ranging
the more permanent exhibits, and installing new
exhibits mean the difference between a static and an alive
museum. The Hall of History emphasizes the installation of
"permanent" exhibits ("permanent" meaning in this case
for more than a few months) , but it also includes a number
of special exhibits each year.
Permauoit Exhibits
An exhibit commemorating a number of North Carolina's
well-known statesmen was placed in the Portrait Gallery.
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Among the portraits included were those of Walter Hines
Page, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, J. Bryan Grimes,
and L. O'B. Branch.
Legends, always a topic of interest, formed the subject
of a display illustrated by a series of imaginary scenes. A
multilithed copy of the legends was prepared and is dis-tributed
in connection with this exhibit.
Dioramas in the Fred A. Olds Memorial Gallery which
depict the history of transportation are being renovated
with suitable backgrounds. Another exhibit which adds to
the subject of transportation is one of some 17 early auto-mobile
models.
In crder to illustrate the more prosperous period which
followed Reconstruction in North Carolina, a street scene
showing store fronts of the late nineteenth and early twen-tieth
centuries has been set up. The gay colors and the high-ly
decorated china and glass denote the feeling of the bright-er
outlook of the times.
A number of cases in the Confederate Gallery have been
renovated, and a completely new exhibit explaining the dates
en the North Carolina State flag has been placed in the
Assembly Room.
Special Exhibits
A special feature for the biennium was an exhibit of a
large number of unidentified prints made from the Barden
collection of negatives. An evening was set aside when a
number of "old-timers" were invited to come to an identi-fying
party. The project proved quite successful.
Other special exhibits included the annual old-fashioned
Christmas tree exhibit, an exhibit of uniforms of the
National Guard, and one on the portrait and medals of Col.
Westray Battle Boyce. Material from a number of Junior
Historian clubs was put on display, and an exhibit of ma-terials
pertaining to the Battle of Alamance was arranged
for the Trailer Museum in connection with the work being
done at Alamance Battleground.
Accessions
The Allen Kitchen, built about 1842 and later remodeled,
was moved, along with many of its original furnishings,
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from Wadesboro to Raleigh where it will be open to the
public. The kitchen was preserved by Mrs. Mary Allen
Huntley and given to the State as a memorial to her by her
sons.
It may be interesting to note that a large percentage of
the accessions for this biennium consisted of wearing ap-parel
covering a fifty-year period from 1875 to 1925. In-cluded
were two comprehensive collections which came
from the Dortch family of Raleigh and from the estate of
Mrs. Charles E. Quinlan of Waynesville. A number of items
of wearing apparel of the late Senator Clyde R. Hoey were
donated to the Hall of History.
Other accessions of note were an early Edison disc phono-graph
and a large collection of records, a collection of farm-ing
equipment, and three pieces of marble from the base
of the original Canova statue of Washington,'
Education
This report on the Educational Program of the museum
does little more than repeat what was said for the previous
biennium. Until such time as the museum staff can be en-larged,
it will continue to be impossible to present more
than a mere introduction to the wealth of historical infor-mation
that could be made available to the students of the
State.
This biennium 1,350 groups or a total of 57,605 students
saw the introductory slide program and toured the Hall
of History. April has remained the peak month for a num-ber
of years with an average of 13,000 students each year.-
The only new project started under the Education Pro-gram
this biennium was the Saturday morning craft class
in which junior-high-school-age children who are studying
North Carolina history are given instruction in such early
crafts as weaving and pottery.
The program of the Tarheel Junior Historian Association
has been expanding rapidly. With assistance from the State
Department of Public Instruction and the Department of
' For a list of museum accessions, see below. Appendix XX pp. 76-91.
- For statistics on visitors to the Hall of History, see below, Appendix XIX, pp. 75-76.
State Department of Archives and History 35
Education of Duke University, a Junior Historian work-shop
for teachers who were already doing extra-curricular
activities in the history field was held in the Hall of History
in December, 1955. The results were very gratifying. The
school year closed with a total of 46 clubs organized through-out
the State. Organizational guides and numerous pamph-lets
and sheets of information on North Carolina history
were distributed to these clubs.
Photography
The museum's collection of photographs and negatives
has been widely used for a number of years, but the demand
has increased approximately 100 per cent sinca the Barden
negatives were added to it. Authors, newspapers, and pub-lishers
use the collection extensively. During this biennium
some 2,000 black and white prints were made to fill these
requests. Photographs were made to illustrate a number of
the Department's publications such as the Guide to North
Carolina Historical Highway Markers as well as to supply
information in having various articles identified. The 57
photographs used by W. F. Eller in compiling a composite
picture of North Carolina's governors and the 200 or 300
used by E. L. M. Historical Films in producing a filmstrip
came from the museum's photograph file.
The kodachrome slide series for the museum's extension
service has been growing steadily. A number of additions
have been made to the Early Homes Series and the Lost
Colony Series. Two new programs have been added : Ladies'
Fashions from 1790 to the Present and The Moravians in
North Carolina.
Co-operation with Other Organizations
Aside from the work done in the Hall of History, the staff
of the Division of Museums continues to co-operate with
other historical agencies and organizations. On March 15,
1955, the Sir Walter Raleigh Cabinet was entertained with
a slide program on Historic Sites and a Fashion Show dis-playing
some 35 costumes covering the period from 1790
to 1935, The museum was host to the Sir Walter Raleigh
Chapter of the North Carolina Society of the Colonial
36 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
Dames of the Seventeenth Century when it presented a
replica of the Thomas Norcom house in Chowan County
to the Hall of History in a ceremony held February 24, 1956.
In the Assembly Room of the Hall of History on April 30,
1956, Miss Lucy M. Cobb presented excerpts from her ope-retta,
"The Pirate and the Governor's Daughter," to a
group of invited guests. Each program was followed by a
coffee hour or reception.
Other museums and restorations requesting and receiving
aid in their projects were : the Greensboro Masonic Museum,
Tryon Palace Commission, Andrew Johnson House, Rowan
Museum, and the New Bern Firemen's Museum.
Sales Desk
The small sales desk located in the Portrait Gallery of the
Hall of History has proved to be quite successful from the
standpoint of the thousands of souvenir-buying school chil-dren
who visit it each year. Several new items relating to
the history of the State have been introduced. One of the
most popular is a map locating the areas in the State ac-cording
to their settlement by the various European groups.
During the months when school visitation is heavy, it re-quires
the time of one staff member from ten to three each
day to service the desk. Gross receipts for the biennium
were $5,945.
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
D. L. CORBITT, Editor
During the biennium the Department changed its policy
relative to charging for its publications. On January 1,
1956, the price for a subscription to The North Carolina
Historical Review was advanced from $2.00 to $3.00 per
year. This is the first time that the price of The Revieiv
has been increased. At the same time the price for the
documentary or case-bound volumes was increased from
$1.00 to $3.00 per volume. Also a nominal fee was placed
upon a majority of our charts, leaflets, and pamphlets
which previously had been mailed free to libraries, teachers,
and subscribers to The Review, but not to school children.
This new policy makes available to school children any ma-terial
published by the Department, and in order to serve
better the children, teachers, libraries, and the general pub-lic,
a kit of selected charts, leaflets, and pamphlets is avail-able
upon request for a fee of $1.00 per kit. Many school
children are ordering these kits for use in their regular
school work.
This change of policy was due to the advanced cost of
printing and paper stock. Also it is felt that if a person pays
a small fee it indicates his interest in our publication pro-gram.
The Department continues constantly to keep in mind
the fact that the law of 1903 creating the Department
charged it with the duty and responsibility of publishing
and distributing materials pertaining to the history of the
State in order that more people can learn about its history
and take pride in its accomplishments. Our program has al-ways
been designed to inform the citizens of the State and
to difl'use knowledge of its people and their past activities.
This policy of publishing new materials is meeting wide
approval, as is shown by the fact that more people are
interested in both local and State history than ever before.
During the biennium the State Textbook Commission
placed on its recommended reading list two of our publica-tions,
namely The Carolina Charter of 1663 and Explora-
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tions, Descriptions, and Attempted Settlements of Carolina,
158J!f-1590.
Always conscious of its duty and responsibility under
the law, the Department since its establishment has pub-lished
pamphlets, leaflets, charts, Carolina Comments, The
North Carolina Historical Review, and documentary vol-umes.
A total of 365 items, either originals or reprints, have
been issued.
During this period a total of 18,553 volumes, leaflets,
charts, and pamphlets were mailed.' The Department has
always made an effort to serve the teachers of North Caro-lina
history, on both the public school and college level,
as well as school libraries, college and university libraries,
and the general public.
During the two-year period the Division received the
sum of $12,601.98 of which $5,661.00 was for membership
dues in The State Literary and Historical Association and
$6,940.98 was for the State. The latter sum was collected
for subscriptions to The North Carolina Historical Review
and for the Department's publications.
The Editor of the Division, who was appointed chairman
of The State Literary and Historical Association's commit-tee
on Local Historical Societies, assisted in organizing
societies in Brunswick, Carteret, Caswell, Johnston, New
Hanover, Onslow, and Wayne counties. Also Hertford and
Northampton county groups were reactivated.
On the whole, during this period the Division enjoyed a
considerable increase in its services to the public. The De-partment
had the largest number of subscribers to The
North Carolina Historical Review - of any like period in
its history. The number of leaflets, pamphlets, and vol-umes
mailed during the biennium was not as large as dur-ing
some previous bienniums, but the total number of
pieces of mail handled was considerably larger. During
the period 72,428 pieces of mail were placed in the post
office, an average of 3,017 pieces each month. Thus it is
' For month-by-month figures, see below. Appendix XXI, p. 92.
-' See below. Appendixes XXII-XXIV, pp. 92-98.
40 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
evident that the volume of business in the Division has en-joyed
an over-all increase,
PUBLICATIONS
A total of thirty items was published—volumes, eight
numbers of The North Carolina Historical Review and
twelve issues of Caroliim Comments, pamphlets, and leaflets.
Documentary and Other Volumes
The Papers of Willie Person Mangitm, edited by Henry
T. Shanks. Volume IV, 1844-1846, 1955, pp. xxviii, 579,
illustrated.
The Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, edited
by Adelaide L. Fries and Douglas LeTell Rights. Volume
VIII, 1823-1837, 1954, pp. xxi, 757, illustrated.
Pamphlets and Leaflets
The Department published the following pamphlets and
leaflets
:
Twenty-Fifth Biennial Report of the North Carolina
Department of Archives arid History, 1952-1954, 1954,
pp. 76, illustrated.
The Editor's Handbook: A Manual of Style, by Elizabeth
W. Wilborn. 1956, pp. 52, index.
Map: Early North Carolina Settlements, with figures to
cut out and color, by Martha H. Farley, 1955.
Tarheel Junior Historian Association, by Joye E. Jordan,
1955, pp. 6, mimeographed.
Hall of History, written by the staff, 1955, pp. 14, mimeo-graphed.
The Department published the following revised editions
:
Hall of History . . . a museum in actiofi, by Joye E. Jor-dan
[1956], pp. 38, illustrated.
Guide to North Carolina Historical Highway Markers,
by Edwin A. Miles and W. S. Tarlton, 4th edition, 1956,
pp. 109, index, maps, and illustrations.
Tar Heel Legends, by Martha H. Farley and Dorothy R.
Phillips, 1956; pp. 4, multilithed.
State Department of Archives and History 41
Records of the Moravians
During the biennium Dr. Douglas L, Rights, who suc-ceeded
Dr. Adelaide L. Fries both as editor of this series
and as Archivist of the Moravian Church in America,
Southern Province, completed Volume VIII of The Records
of the Moravians. This volume was published and many
copies were distributed. This volume completed this very
popular series.
The Birthplace of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President
of the United States [1956, Third Printing], pp. 8, illus-trated.
A Guide to the Hall of History, by the staff of the Hall of
History, 1956, pp. 16, mimeographed.
Join your State Literary and Historical Associatio7i, 1956,
leaflet.
The North Carolina Historical Revieiu
Eight issues of The North Carolina Historical Review
were published (1,500 copies of the July, 1954, issue, 1,800
copies of the October, 1954, issue, and 2,000 copies of each
issue during the remainder of the biennium), and 14,453
copies were mailed, including 2,824 copies of back issues.^
The total cost of printing this journal was $11,536.04, an
average of $1,440.00 per issue. Paid-up subscriptions, either
new or renewal, totaling 2,656 were received, averaging
110 per month.- Subscribers are located in 40 states, the
District of Columbia, and 4 foreign countries ; the publi-cation
is mailed on exchange to institutions and organiza-tions
in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 foreign
countries; and during the biennium back issues were mail-ed
to purchasers in 33 states, the District of Columbia, and
3 foreign countries.
Forty-two articles (2 of which were in 2 parts) and 6
collections of letters or documents (2 of which were in 2
parts) appeared in The Review. Thirty-five of the articles
dealt with North Carolina and 7 with the South and related
subjects.-^ Four of the documentary sections concerned
North Carolina and North Carolinians while 2 of the sec-
1 See below, Appendixes XXII and XXIII, p. 92.
- See below, Appendix XXIV, p. 93.
=' See below. Appendix XXV, pp. 93-95.
42 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
tions were on topics closely connected with the State.^ Resi-dent
North Carolinians wrote 24 of the articles published
and 24 were written by individuals outside the State.
There were 123 books reviewed in The North Carolina
Historical Review: 33 on North Carolina, 2 on North Car-olina
biography, 28 on other states, 20 on general bio-graphy,
and 40 on other general subjects. Forty-nine North
Carolinians reviewed books and 40 books were reviewed by
scholars outside the State.
Carolin a Comments
This four-page news sheet was begun in May, 1952,
and is issued every two months. It is mailed free to public
school libraries, to college and university libraries in this
State, to subscribers to The North Carolina Historical
Review, and to members of The State Literary and His-torical
Association. It is also mailed to some of the larger
libraries and archival agencies throughout the United
States. We are publishing 2,500 copies per issue.^
The State Literary and Historical Association and The
Review
When the Department began to publish The North Car-olina
Historical Review in January, 1924, it was mailed to
all members of the State Literary and Historical Association
at a reduced rate. At that time the dues in the Association
were $1.00 per year and a subscription to The Review
was $2.00 per year, but the members of the Association
received both The Review and a membership for $2.00 per
year. The dues, however, were divided equally between the
Department and the Association. Later the dues in the Asso-ciation
were increased to $2.50 and in 1953 to $3.00 with
the Department getting $1.00 from each membership for
The Review. On January 1, 1956, the dues in the Associa-tion
were increased to $5.00 per year. The subscription
price for The Review was increased from $2.00 to $3.00
per year—the first increase in the history of The Review.
Under the present arrangement the dues in the Association
' For the number of copies mailed of each issue, see below, Appendix XXVII, p. 95.
< See below. Appendix XXVI, p. 95.
State Department of Archives and History 43
are divided equally. The State Literary and Historical
Association receives $2.50 and the Department $2.50.
During this biennium the average mailing of The North
Carolina Historical Review was 1,453 copies while during
the previous biennium the average was 1,121 copies per
issue. This is a 29 per cent increase.
FUTURE PUBLICATIONS
Since 1908 the Department has followed the policy of
publishing documentary materials. These materials have
been edited by competent scholars who receive no financial
compensation for their services. This policy ought to be
changed because there is large personal expense to these
editors who in order to have access to valuable and impor-tant
archives and research materials in other depositories
as well as the materials in this Department must travel
from one depository to another and spend some time in
each. When an editor finds important materials which
ought to be included in his edited volume, he must spend
the time in copying it, or employ some one to copy it at
his personal expense. In addition to locating and procuring
copies of important manuscript materials, an editor must
do a great deal of research in order to identify individuals,
letters, and documents and explain by footnote references
much of the materials he edits. This requires the editor to
visit many large libraries and other research centers in
order to do the necessary job. These frequent trips for re-search
purposes, and for locating all materials and for pro-curing
copies, cost the editor more than most persons can
afford. It behooves the Department to assist the editors in
procuring copies and in paying a small portion of the per-sonal
expenses involved in such work.
The Department has in hand edited materials for ap-proximately
seven volumes to be published as funds become
available. The present appropriation, w^hich is less than
that of the previous biennium, permits about two volumes
per biennium to be published, but we hope this appropria-tion
can be increased so that we can publish annually two
volumes.
44 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
The Papets of Willie P. Mangum
During the past biennium Volume IV of The Papers of
Willie P. Mangum, edited by Dr. Henry T. Shanks of Bir-mingham-
Southern College, was printed. Dr. Shanks con-tinued
his work on this series and the fifth volume is now
in type and should be ready for distribution during the
fall of the next fiscal year. This will complete the series.
Zehulon B. Vance Papers
The first volume of this series, which is being edited by
Dr. Frontis W. Johnston, Head of the Department of His-tory
at Davidson College, is in the hands of the printer,
and most of the copy is in page proof. This material of
Zebulon B. Vance, Congressman, three times governor of
North Carolina, and United States Senator, 1879-1896,
covers a significant period of North Carolina history. Due
to the press of teaching and other duties, Dr. Johnston has
not been able to give as much time to the volumes scheduled
in this series as he had hoped. We expect the first volume
to be ready for distribution during the next biennium. Also
we expect to publish several other volumes in this series
just as soon as Dr. Johnston can prepare them and funds
can be provided.
Blount Papers
Dr. Alice B. Keith of Meredith College during the bien-nium
continued her work on the Blount Papers, the family
papers of John Gray, Thomas, and William Blount and
other members of their family during the late colonial,
revolutionary, and early national periods. The first volume
was published during the last biennium and Dr. Keith hopes
to have Volume II ready for the printer during the next
fiscal year.
William A. Graham Papers
During the biennium the first volume of this series was
sent to the printer and at the end of the period most of the
copy was in type and some was in page proof. William A.
Graham was governor of North Carolina, United States
Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Confederate States
Senator. We have enough material for approximately seven
State Department of Archives and History 45
more volumes which we hope to publish as soon as funds
become available. Dr. J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton of Chapel
Hill is the editor of this series.
W. Kerr Scott Papers
This volume was placed in the hands of the printer and
by the end of the biennium the copy was in page proof
with the exception of the table of contents and the index.
This volume should be ready for distribution during the
next fiscal year.
WilUa))i B. Umstead Papers
Governor William B. Umstead's letterbook has been
typed, but it is not yet ready for the printer. Mr. Corbitt,
Editor of the Division, still needs to read the copy thorough-ly
and check certain references before the volume is sent
to the printer. It is hoped that this will be done during the
coming biennium.
Pamphlets
Several pamphlets are in the process of preparation.
Most of the work has been done on "The United States Ship
Zebulon B. Vance," the first Liberty Ship constructed at
Wilmington during World War II. Some work has been
done on the following : A North Carolina Historical Cal-endar—
a pamphlet designed to give brief and specific in-formation
on North Carolina history; The Lives of the
Governors of North Carolina from 1585 to the Present;
and The Story of the Governor's Mansion. Our pamphlet
program serves primarily the public schools of the State.
46 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
APPENDIX I
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1956
Year Appropriation Expenditures
1930-1931 $30,865 $23,565
1931-1932 24,865 18,339
1932-1933 20,065 13,286
1933-1934 12,826 11,223
1934-1935 11,315 11,298
1935-1936 19,364 16,157
1936-1937 20,294 19,986
1937-1938 21,843 20,478
1938-1939 22,443 22,088
1939-1940 21,160 20,594
1940-1941 21,160 20,669
1941-1942 23,300 21,253
1942-1943 24,514 23,843
1943-1944 28,707 27,973
1944-1945 28,212 26,941
1945-1946 45,290 30,651
1946-1947 54,827 51,388
1947-1948 68,391 66,642
1948-1949 64,073 63,800
1949-1950 84,851 83,958
1950-1951 93,723 93,629
1951-1952 99,668 97,658
1952-1953 113,528 110,523
1953-1954 161,203 153,265
1954-1955 160,084 148,510
1955-1956 183,182 165,063
APPENDIX II
Appropriations and Expenditures, 1954-1956
.14,356.00 $112,104.11
9,000.14
$120,212.00 $116,207.78
10,610.00 10,505.53
1954-1055 1955-1956
Appropriation Expenditures Appropriation Expoiditiires
Salaries and
Wages
Supplies and
Materials . . 13,791.00
Postage, Telephone,
Telegraph and
Express .... 2,000.00 1,999.90 1,825.00 1,824.85
Travel Exp. . . 3,100.00 3,099.43 3,863.00 3,849.36
Printing and
Binding 18,000.00 17,999.04 16,400.00 15,577.92
Motor Vehicle
Operation . . — — 200.00 192.25
State Department of Archives and History 47
Repairs and
Alterations 1,003.00 1,002.15 1,070.00 1,060.49
General Exp. 4,534.00 4,502.61 4,730.00 4,612.72
Equipment ... 6,900.00 3,685.58 6,535.00 6,433.01
Additions and Bet-terments
— — 11,950.00 9,343.25
Manuscripts . . . 400.00 365.83 155.00 155.00
Stores for
Resale 2,500.00 2,499.73 1,500.00 1,496.65
Scott Letter
Book — — 7,528.00 159.30
Umstead Letter
Book — — 2,104.00 2,104.00
Total
Requirements 166,584.00 156,258.52 188,682.00 173,522.11
Less: Estimated Receipts:
11. Miscellaneous
Receipts 4,000.00 4,280.93 4,000.00 5,982.17
12. Sale of
Souvenirs 2,500.00 3,468.00 1.500.00 2,476.75
Total Estimated
Receipts 6,500.00 7,748.93 5,500.00 8,458.92
Appropria-tion
$160,084.00 $148,509.59 $183,182.00 $165,063.19
APPENDIX III
Number of Employees as of June 30 at the End of Each Biennium,
1908-1956
1908 3 1932 10
1910 3 1934 8
1912 3 1936 8
1914 5 1938 9
1916 8 1940 9
1918 9 1942 11
1920 9 1944 11
1922 9 1946 13
1924 11 1948 16
1926 11 1950 18
1928 10 1952 20
1930 10 1954 31
1956 33
48 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
APPENDIX IV
Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1956
Archives mid History Series
Director $ 8,910
State Archivist 5,604-6,780
Archivist II 3,708-4,548
Archivist I 3,156-3,912
State Records Center Supervisor 4,140-5,148
Editor 5,448-6,456
Editorial Assistant II 3,708-4,548
Editorial Assistant I 3,156-3,912
Museum Administrator 5,208-6,216
Museum Curator II 3,708-4,548
Museum Curator I 3,156-3,912
Historic Sites Superintendent 5,208-6,216
Historic Sites Specialist . 3,708-4,548
Clerical Series
Clerk II 2,460-3,132
Stenographer Clerk III 2,940-3,696
Stenographer Clerk II 2,556-3,228
Custodial and Housekeeping Series
Janitor-Messenger 1,776-2,280
APPENDIX V
List of Employees, Showing Name, Title, and Period of Service
(if Less Than the Full Biennium)*
Alligood, Jesse L., Clerk II (temporary), May 16-June 30, 1955
Anderson, Edison, Janitor (temporary). May 1-June 30, 1955
Austin, Leonard, Janitor-Messenger
Baker, Elizabeth U., Editorial Assistant I, July 1-August 20, 1954
Ball, Rebecca T., Museum Curator I, July 1-October 31, 1954 (married
and became Mrs. Rebecca B. Rustad, October 30, 1954)
Beach, Rex, Archivist II, July 1-8, 1954
Blackwelder, Mrs. Memory F., State Records Center Supervisor,
February 6-June 30, 1956
Burton, W. Frank, State Archivist, July 1, 1954-September 12, 1955
Cannady, Elizabeth Ann, Archivist I, July 1, 1954-August 31, 1955
(married and became Mrs. Elizabeth C. Moss, September 3, 1955)
Cherry, Mrs. June S., Archivist I, July 1, 1954-December 31, 1955
Cole, Mrs. Julia S., Stenographer Clerk II, February 6-June 30, 1956
* These data, of course, are only for the two years, July 1, 1954-June 30, 1956. In
many instances the term of service began before or continued after this two-year
period.
State Department of Archives and History 49
Coopersmith, Mrs. Mary C, Editorial Assistant I (temporary), Oc-tober
1, 1955-May 31, 1956
Corbitt, D. L., Editor
Crabtree, Beth G., Editorial Assistant II
Crittenden, Christopher, Director
Day, Bernice B., Clerk II, July 1-November 30, 1954 (married and
became Mrs. Bernice Day Stephenson, November 26, 1954)
Denny, Jean S., Clerk II, July 1, 1954-July 14, 1955; July 28-August
31, 1955; Archivist I, September 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Farley, Mrs. Martha H., Museum Curator I, March 1, 1955-February
6, 1956; May 1-June 30, 1956
Gaines, Edward, hourly laborer (temporary, part-time), July 1, 1955-
June 30, 1956
Green, Mrs. Elissa H., Clerk II, October 12, 1955-June 30, 1956
Griffin, Mrs. Bettye F., Clerk II, October 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Hardie, Mrs. Beatrice R., Archivist I
Hardy, James T., Janitor-Messenger, May 30, 1955-June 30, 1956
Harris, Mrs. Doris H., Archivist II, July 1, 1954-September 12, 1955
Hilbourn, Mrs. Elizabeth J., Clerk II, September 9, 1955-June 30, 1956
Hunter, Mrs. Betty W., Clerk II, September 6, 1955-June 30, 1956
Johnson, Mrs. Blanche M., Stenographer Clerk III
Jones, Houston G., State Archivist, June 15-30, 1956
Jordan, Mrs. Joye E., Museum Administrator
Jordan, Mrs. Julia B., Archivist I, July 1-August 31, 1954
Kilby, Ann J., Stenographer Clerk I, June 1, 1955-February 29, 1956;
Stenographer Clerk II, March 1-June 30, 1956
Larson, Norman C, Museum Curator I (temporary), August 1, 1954-
June 30, 1955; Historic Site Specialist, July 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Mahler, Mrs. Grace B., Stenographer Clerk II (temporary), March 15-
June 30, 1956
McDonald, Anne, Clerk II, September 1-December 17, 1954
McKeithan, Barbara A., Museum Curator I
Meconnahey, Mrs. Julia C, Archivist II
Miles, Edwin A., Researcher, July 1-31, 1954
Moss, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Archivist I, September 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
(see also Cannady, Elizabeth Ann)
Patrick, Mrs. Marjorie R., Stenographer Clerk I, May 1-13, 1955 (see
also Rose, Marjorie T.)
Perry, Henry G., Janitor-Messenger, July 1, 1954-May 31, 1955
Phillips, Mrs. Dorothy R., Museum Curator II
Planinsek, Mrs. Anne F., Clerk II, January 12, 1955-August 31, 1955
Roberts, Rachel, Clerk II, July 1-August 31, 1954; Archivist I, Sep-tember
1, 1954-November 30, 1955 (married and became Mrs.
Rachel R. Robinson, November 25, 1955)
Robinett, Leonard R., Clerk II (temporary), May 6-June 30, 1956
Robinson, Mrs. Rachel R., Archivist I, December 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
(see also Roberts, Rachel)
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Rogers, Marvin K., Janitor-Messenger
Rogers, Mrs. Mary J., Archivist II
Rose, Marjorie T., Stenographer Clerk I, July 1-December 23, 1954;
February 28-April 30, 1955 (married and became Mrs. Marjorie
R. Patrick, April 30, 1955)
Rouse, Mrs. Pamela T., Stenographer Clerk I (temporary), January
1-February 18, 1955
Rowland, Mrs. Catherine B., Clerk II, July 1-August 31, 1954
Rustad, Mrs. Rebecca B., Museum Curator I, November 1, 1954-March
18, 1955; Museum Curator I, (temporary), February 1-April 30,
1956 (see also Ball, Rebecca T.) .
Seiser, Mrs. Joy Parker, Museum Curator I (temporary), February
21-August, 13, 1955; October 1-November 30, 1955
South, Stanley A., Historic Site Specialist, June 1-30, 1956
Stephenson, Mrs. Bernice Day, Clerk II, December 1, 1954-December
31, 1955; Archivist I, January 1-June 30, 1956 (see also Day,
Bernice B.)
Stewart,t Leslie Lou, Clerk II, July 1, 1954-August 19, 1955
Stoughton, Barbara, Clerk II
Tarlton, William S., Researcher, August 1, 1954-September 30, 1955;
Historic Sites Superintendent, October 1, 1955-June 30, 1956
Walker, John W., Historic Site Specialist (temporary), February 1-
May 31, 1956
Watson, Mrs. Mary R., Clerk II, September 15, 1954-October 11, 1955
Whitaker, Mary M., Stenographer Clerk II
Whitley, Mrs. Frances H., State Records Center Supervisor, July 1,
1954-March 14, 1956
Wilborn, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Editorial Assistant I, September 1, 1954-
June 30, 1956
Wood, William W., Jr., Historic Site Specialist, July 1, 1955-February
7, 1956
APPENDIX VI
Publications of Members of the Staff
Mr. W. Frank Burton reviewed An Abstract of North Carolma
Wills from About 1760 to 1800. By Fred A. Olds. (Baltimore, Mary-land:
South Book Company. 1954.) The North Carolina Historical
Revieiv, XXXI (July, 1954) ; and Guide to the Manuscripts of the
Kentucky Historical Society. By G. Glenn Clift. (Frankfort, Kentucky:
Kentucky Historical Society. 1955.) The North Carolina Historical
Review, XXXIII (January, 1956).
Mr. D. L. Corbitt served as Managing Editor of The North Caro-lina
Historical Revieiv in which periodical he reviewed the following
books in The Revieiv: The Memoirs of Emma Prather Gilmer, Writ-t
Also on payroll February 8-June 30, 1054. This information was inadvertently
omitted from the previous Biennial Report.
State Department of Archives and History '51
ten in Her 9()th Year for Her Children, Grandchildren, and Great
Grandchildren. (Philadelphia, Pa.: The Cherry Company, 1954),
XXXII (October, 1955) ; and The Journal of Major George Washing-tan,
of His Journey to the French Forces on 0/j/o; Facsimile of the
Williamsburg Edition 1754, with an Introduction by J. Christian Bay.
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Privately Printed for the friends of the Torch
Press. 1955), XXXIII (April, 1956). He also reviewed Pioneer's
'Mission: The Story of Lyman Cofk'land Draper. By ' William B.
Hesseltine. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1954),
The Joiiryial of Southe)-)i History, XX (November, 1954).
Miss Beth Crabtree reviewed the following books in The North
Carolina Historical Revieiv: Privateers of Cha}-h'StG')i in the War
of 1812. By Harold A. Mouzon. (Charleston, South Carolina: His-torical
Commission of Charleston. 1954), XXII (April, 1955); Dead
and Gone. Classic Crimes of North Carolina. By Manly Wade Well-man.
(Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1954),
XXXII October, 1955) ; Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Con-federate
Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. Edited by Bell
Irvin Wiley. (Jackson, Tennessee: McCowat-Mercer Press, Inc. 1954),
XXXII (October, 1955) ; and Famous Signers of the Declaration.
By Dorothy Horton McGee. (New York, New York: Dodd Mead and
Company. 1955), XXXIII (April, 1956).
Dr Christopher Crittenden served as editor of The No)th Carolina
Historical Review. He also wrote the following articles and book
reviews
:
A)-ticles
"They Like North Carolina." (The Roger and Gallet plant in
Pender County, North Carolina.) The State, 1954.
"Preserving New England History." A report on certain archives
and historical agencies and their programs. December, 1954. Mimeo-graphed.
"The North Carolina Record Center," The American Archivist, Jan-uary,
1955. (Paper read at the annual meeting of the Society of
American Archivist at Williamsburg, Virginia, September 14, 1954.)
(With others), "The Role of the Historical Society in Modern
America." Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume XXXIX, Number
2 (winter, 1955-1956), pp. 99-112. (A colloquium at the Wisconsin
Historical Society, September 7, 1955.)
Book Reviews
Charles A. Beard: A)i Appraisal. By Eric F. Goldman and others.
Edited by Howard K. Beale. (Lexington: University of Kentucky
Press. 1954.) The Greensboro Daily News, 1954.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot. By Jim Bishop. (New York: Harper
& Brothers. 1955.) The Greensboro Daily News, January, 1955.
The Washington Papers. Edited by Saul K. Padover, (New York:
Harper, 1955.) The Greensboro Daily, February, 1955.
52 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
The Forgotten Leaders of the Revolution. By Howard Swiggett,
(Doubleday. 284 pp. $4.00.) The Greensboro Daily News, April 14,
1955.
Fro7n Lexington to Liberty. By Bruce Lancaster. (Doubleday. 1955.)
The Greensboro Daily News, May 16, 1955.
Cities in the Wilderness: The First Century of Urban Life in
America 1625-17If2; and Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America,
1743-1776. By Carl Bridenbaugh. Alfred A. Knopf. (New York. 1955.
2 volumes.) The News and Observer (Raleigh), September, 1955.
The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century. By Ber-nard
Bailyn. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955.) The
Mississippi Valley Historical Review, September, 1955.
Last Full Measure: Lincoln the President. By J. G. Randall and
Richard N. Current. (New York: Dodd, Mead.) The Greensboro
Daily Netvs, October, 1955.
The South Lives in History : Southern Historians and Their Legacy.
By Wendell Holmes Stephenson. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
University Press.) The Greensboro Daily News, January 3, 1956.
.James Wilson, Founding Father, 17U2-1798. By Charles Page Smith.
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. 1956.) The News and
Observer (Raleigh), 1956.
Mrs. Martha H. Farley executed a map of North Carolina showing
early settlements with authentically costumed figures to cut out
and color. She also prepared the cover for the revised edition of
the leaflet, "Tar Heel Legends."
Mr. Houston G. Jones, before becoming a member of the staff, had
published "Bedford Brown: States Rights Unionist," "The North
Carolina Historical Review, XXXII (July-October, 1955).
Mrs. Joye E. Jordan wrote "Tarheel Junior Historian Associa-tion,"
1955, and revised former editions of The Birthplace of Andrew
.Johnson (Raleigh: Department of Archives and History, 1956) and
Hall of History ... a museum in action (Raleigh: Department of
Archives and History, [1956]).
Mr. Norman C. Larson assisted in the writing of a pamphlet,
The Battle of Alamance: Tivo Hours of History (Burlington: Bur-lington
Chamber of Commerce, 1956), and reviewed "Zeb's Black
Baby," Vance County, North Carolina. By Samuel Thomas Peace.
(Henderson: 1955.) The North Carolina Historical Review, XXXIII
(April, 1956).
Dr. Edwin A. Miles assisted Mr. W. S. Tarlton in compiling the
Guide to North Carolina Historical Highway Markers (Raleigh:
Carolina Historical Review: Glimpse of Glory, George Mason of
The State Department of Archives and History, Fourth Edition,
1956), and edited Carolina Comments from July, 1954, to September,
1954.
State Department of Archives and History 53
Mrs. Dorothy R. Phillips wrote the sketches for "Tar Heel Legends,"
revised leaflet of the Hall of History.
Mr. William S. Tarlton edited Carolina Comments from September,
1954, to September, 1955, and reviewed two books in The North
Carolina Historical Reviexv : Valley of Democracy: The Frontier
versus the Plantation in the Ohio Valley, 1775-1818. By John D.
Barnhart. (Bloomington: The Indiana University Press. 1953), XXXI
(October, 1954); and Governor Tryon and His Palace. By Alonzo
Thomas Dill. (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press.
1955), XXXII (April, 1956). He assisted Dr. Edwin A. Miles in
compiling the Guide to North Carolina Historical Highway Markers,
cited above.
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Wilborn compiled The Editor's Handbook: A
Manual of Style (Raleigh: The State Department of Archives and
History. 1956), and reviewed the following books in The North
Carolina Historical Review: Glimpse of Glory, George Mason of
Guston Hall. By Marian Buckley Cox. (Richmond, Virginia: Garrett
and Massie, Inc., 1954), XXXII (July, 1955) ; and The Dulles Family
in South Carolina. By Samuel Gaillard Stoney. (Columbia: University
of South Carolina. 1955), XXXII (October, 1955).
APPENDIX VII
Terms of Office of Members of the Executive Board;
THE members, June 30, 1956; and the Dates of Appointment
Term ending March 31, 1957, Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City,
appointed April 20, 1951.
Term ending March 31, 1957, Mrs. P. F. Patton, Hendersonville,
reappointed April 20, 1951.
Term ending March 31, 1959, Miss Gertrude Carraway, New Bern,
reappointed May 8, 1953.
Term ending March 31, 1959, Dr. W. T. Laprade, Durham, re-appointed
May 8, 1953.
Term ending March 31, 1959, Mr. McDaniel Lewis, Greensboro,
reappointed May 8, 1953.
Term ending March 31, 1961, Mr. Josh L. Home, Rocky Mount,
reappointed July 18, 1955.
Term ending March 31, 1961, Dr. Fletcher M. Green, Chapel Hill,
appointed July 18, 1955.
APPENDIX VIII
Archives and Manuscripts Accessioned
1954-1956
I. Additions to Materials.
1. State Agencies:
Department of Agriculture. Press releases, 1938-1953. 3V3
54 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
cu. ft. Transferred from the Division of Publications, Depart-ment
of Agriculture, Raleigh.
Attorney General. Correspondence, index to correspondence,
and official opinions, 1939-1941. 19 fibredex boxes. Transferred
from the office of the Attorney General, Raleigh.
, Governor's Papers. W. Kerr Scott. Correspondence, extra-ditions
and requisitions. Council of State Minutes, Appoint-ment
Book, and other records, 1949-1952. 14 fibredex boxes
and 4 volumes. Transferred from the Governor's Office,
Raleigh.
Governor's Papers. William B. Umstead. General corre-spondence,
special appointments, county file, 1953, 1954. 78
fibredex boxes. Transferred from the Governor's Office, Raleigh.
Governor's Papers. Luther H. Hodges. Extraditions and
requisitions, November and December, 1954. 1 fibredex box.
Transferred from the Governor's Office, Raleigh.
Governor's Papers. Letter from W. W. Holden, November
17, 1868, to Hanibal D. Norton. 1 page A.L.S. Purchased from
Mr. Carl W. Simmons, Rockland, Maine.
Governor's Papers. Executive order appointing commission
to attend the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of
George Washington, April 30, 1889, at New York City. Dated
January 30, 1889, and signed by Daniel G. Fowle, Governor.
1 page. Given by the D. H. Hill Library, State College,
Raleigh.
Department of Public Instruction. General correspondence
of Superintendent, 1912-1933. 247 fibredex boxes. Transferred
from the Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh.
Secretary of State. Court of Chancery Minutes, 1766-1767.
8 pages. Given by Mr. Edward D. Satula, Hamden, Connecticut.
2. Cou)ities
:
Anson County records. Will of William Little, Sr., 1847.
3 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mr. William B.
Little, Fayetteville.
Burke County records. Will of Jesse Moore, September 2,
1826. 2 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mars Hill
College, Mars Hill.
Craven County records. Marriage bond of Benjamin Sparrow
and Amey Brinson, June 28, 1794. Original in possession of
Mr. D. L. Metts, Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia.
Craven County records. Quit-rent receipt of Christopher
Dawson, Jr., August 2, 1764. Given by the Germantown His-torical
Society Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Granville County records. "List of Taxes for Granville
County for the year 1786." 47 pages. Given by Mr. R. N.
Musgrave, Jr., Greensboro.
State Department of Archives and History 55
Hyde County records. Will of William Cordon, 18 — 3 pages
photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. Betsy London
Cordon, Raleigh.
Lincoln County records. Marriage bond of T. J. Jackson and
Mary Anna Morrison, July 14, 1857. 3 pieces photocopied.
Original in possession of the Clerk of Superior Court,
Lincolnton.
Montgomei-y County records. Deeds and Powers of Attorney,
1821-1845. 16 pieces photocopied. Originals loaned by Col.
Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
Moore County records. Power of Attorney from A. M. Mc-
Leod to John A. McLeod of Richmond County over land in
Moore County, 1866. Deed for land in Moore County from
William Copeland to John McLeod, 1812. Photocopies. Origi-nals
loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
Rowan County deed, 1792, William Hall and William Wil-coxon.
1 piece. Given by Miss Mai-y Heitman, Mocksville.
Rowan County deed, April 17, 1761. Henry McCulloch to
Christen Eller. 3 pieces photocopied. Original in possession of
Mr. W. E. Hennessee, Salisbury.
Sampson County records. Minute Book of the Vestry and
Wardens of the Poor, 1785-1823. Given by Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Smith, New Bern.
Warren County records. Valuation of Land and Slaves in
Nutbush District, 1865. Mutilated. 1 piece. Given by Dr. Lewis
T. Bullock, Los Angeles, California.
Wayne County records. Deed from Isaac Parker to Robert
Radford, February Term, 1807. 1 piece. Given by Mrs. John
L. Aycock, Evanston, Illinois.
3. Personal Collections:
Samuel A'Court Ashe Papers. Law License of Samuel A.
Ashe, January 14, 1867. 2 pieces photocopied. Original in pos-session
of Mr. W. H. Bason, Raleigh.
Samuel A'Court Ashe Papers. Genealogy of the A'Court and
allied families. 11 pages photocopied. Original in possession
of Mrs. George B. Flint, Raleigh.
Robert L. Adams Collection. Letter from W'" Maclean,
Nash Ville, 3^ of June 1811, to his [wife] Mrs. Mary D.
Maclean. 4 pages photocopied. Certificate of Merit issued to
William MacLean by the American Medical Society, Phila-delphia.
1 page photocopied. "MacLean Family." By Joseph
Graham McLean. 4 typed pages. Given by Professor Chalmers
G. Davidson, Davidson College, Davidson.
E. C. Brooks Papers. "Report of Committee on Taxation,
Nov. 27, 1926." 7 typed pages. "General Fund Revenue and
56 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
Expense, June 30, 1826." 15 typed pages. Given by Col. J. W.
Harrelson, State College, Raleigh.
David Cox, Sr., Collection. Land records, notes, and sum-mons,
1783-1820. 9 pieces additional. Given by Mr. David Cox,
Sr., Hertford.
John Herritage Bryan Collection. Letter to John H. Bryan
from George E. Badger, March 3, 1837. 3 pages photocopied.
Original in possession of Mr. A. L. Nicholson, Macon.
Alexander Crane Collection. Copy of transcript on Eastern
North Carolina Furniture, by Crane. Bound in loose leaf
binder. Given by the Department of Conservation and Develop-ment,
Raleigh.
James P. Cook Collection. Scrapbook, "The Origin of Jack-son
Training School Brain Child of James P. Cook." Compiled
by A. Campbell Cline, Concord, N. C, 1954. R. D. W. Connor,
North Carolina: Rebuilding An Ancient Commonwealth, 158U-
1925. 4 volumes, and 1 Supplement volume. Given by Mrs.
James P. Cook, Concord.
North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati Collection. Docu-ments,
photostats, books, and pamphlets. Approximately M
cu. ft. Loaned by the North Carolina Society of the Cincin-nati,
Raleigh.
Clarence W. Griffin Collection. North Carolina Press As-sociation
material, 1953-1955, 1954-1955. Approximately Vi
cu. ft. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffiin, Forest City.
J. M. Heck Collection. Accounts, correspondence, deeds,
family records, land grants, and other records of J. M. and
Charles M. Heck, 1759-1951. Approximately V2 cu. ft. Given
by Mrs. Charles M. Heck, Raleigh.
Cullen B. Hatch Collection. Three letters from Martha
Hatch, Pike Co. X roads, Dec. 8, 1832; Green Co., Dec. 26,
1832; and Feb. 9, 1833, to "My Dear Grandmother," Mrs.
Frances Hill, Wrightsville, Dulpin County. Loaned by Mrs.
R. Cashwell, Bowden.
General Daniel Harvey Hill Papers. Family letters, miscel-laneous
articles, and speeches on Hill, 1848-1945. Approxi-mately
Vs cu. ft. Given by Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams,
Camden, South Carolina.
General Robert E. Lee Papers. Facsimile of Lee's General
Order Number Nine. 1 page, and a copy of Farewell to the
Army of Northern Virginia. 6 pages. Given by The Lakeside
Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Louis T. Moore Collection. "An Imperfect Sketch of the
History of the Town of Wilmington, 1739-1779." By Griffith
J. McRee, 11 typed pages. Given by Mr. Louis T. Moore, Chair-man,
New Hanover Historical Commission, Wilmington.
Francis Nash Collection. Letter from Francis Nash, "Tren-
State Department of Archives and History 57
town," N. J., July 25, 1777, to "Sally." 4 pages photocopied.
Original in possession of Dr. James M. Patton University of
North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
Peter S. Ney Papers. Signature of Peter S. Ney. Found in
An Abridgement Ainsworth's Dictionary by Thomas Merrell,
D.D. Photocopy. Given by Dr. B. E. Lane, Raleigh.
O. Henry Papers. Letters from William Sydney Porter to
"My Dear Miss Sally." New York City, July 15. 12 pages
photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. Sarah Coleman
Porter, Weaverville.
O. Henry Papers. Letter from A. J. Jennings, Oklahoma
City, March 14, 1913, to Mr. Archibald Henderson, Chapel
Hill. 2 pieces photocopied. Original in possession of the Greens-boro
Historical Museum. Both of these letters were loaned
for photocopying by Mr. Karl E. Prickett, Greensboro.
W. N. H. Smith Papers. Appointment to Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of North Carolina, January 14, 1878, by
Governor Z. B. Vance. 1 piece. Commission as Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of North Carolina, August 23, 1878, by
Governor Z. B. Vance. 1 piece. Loaned by Mr. L. M. Smith,
Raleigh.
Col. J. F. Stanback Collection. School statement from Nor-wood
High School to Mr. P. H. Turner, June 5, 1892. 1 piece
photocopied. Letter from Jas. S. Turner, Allenton, April 8,
1872, to "Dear Harrison." 1 page photocopied. Originals loaned
for photocopying by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
Arthur T. Wyatt Collection. Deeds of Moses A. Bledsoe,
Wake County, 1852-1897. 5 deeds. Given by Mrs. S. W.
Sparger, Durham.
Calvin H. Wiley Papers. Additional family correspondence
and other papers, including two Guilford County deeds from
C. N. McAdoo to William W. Wiley, 1839, and William Wiley
to David Wiley, 1775. Given by Miss Mary C. Wiley,
Winston-Salem.
4. Newspapers:
The Neu's ayid Observer, Daily. [Raleigh, N. C] Sunday,
July 2, 1905. 1 page. Article featuring the Mecklenburg Dec-laration
of Independence. Given by Mr. J. L. Jackson, Raleigh.
Ulster Count]/ Gazette, Volume II, Number 88, Saturday,
January 4, 1800. Published by Samuel Freer and Son, Kings-ton
[Ulster County], N. Y. 4 pages photocopied. Original in
possession of Mrs. Emery B. Denny, Raleigh.
5. Genealogical:
Cemetery records of Forsyth County, Bethania Church
Graveyard, Moravian Jones Private Graveyard, and Old
58 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
Lyeily Graveyard near Mocksville in Davie County. 5 typed
pages. Given by Mrs. Kay Dixon, Gastonia.
List of births, deaths, and marriages of the Orniond family
from "James Ormond Book," and list from manuscripts in
possession of Mrs. Roy Turnage, Ayden. 5 multicopied pages.
Given by Commander Frederick Lee Edwards, Kinston.
Cemetery records from Pisgah A.R.P. Cemetery, and Long-
Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Gaston County. 14 typed pages.
Given by Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Kings Mountain.
Whitley family Bible records. 6 pages photocopied. Bible in
possession of Mr. and Mrs. Asa T. Whitley, Wtlliamston.
Robert Snead family Bible records. 9 pageis photocopied.
Original in possession of Mrs. M. G. Mann, Raleigh.
Reaves-Craddock family Bible records. 6 pages photocopied.
Original in possession of Mrs. A. A. Padgett, Newport News,
Virginia.
Kemp Plummer and Susanna Martin family tree chart.
1 page photocopied. Made from copy in possession of Mrs. Mary
J. Rogers, Neuse.
Stewart Clan Magazine, volume 33, number 3. Edited by
George Edson, Olathe, Kansas. Given by the Stewart Clan
Magazine, Olathe, Kansas.
Hightower family of North Carolina and Virginia. By
Walter A. Walker, Atlanta, Georgia. 6 typed pages and 2 blue-print
charts. The Core family Bible records. 3 typed pages.
Given by Mr. J. B. Blaylock, Yanceyville.
Meek Genealogy, 1640-1954. Compiled by Mr. Carlton L.
Meek. Loose leaf volume. Transferred from the State Library.
"Methodist Church History-Biography" Reverend Barnabas
Pipkin compiled 1875 by Judge Louis M. Pipkin. 4 typed pages.
Original in possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Pipkin Baer, Tulsa,
Oklahoma. Given by Mrs. Howard S. Giere, Hammond,
Louisiana.
Family records from the Bibles of Richard Blackledge
Hatch, CuUen Blackman Hatch, Sr., and Joseph Rhodes Hatch.
12 pages photocopied. Originals in possession of Mr. Cullen
Blackman Hatch, Jr., Mount Olive.
"The Shepperds, Wolffs, and Butners of Grassy Creek"
Surry County, N. C. Compiled by J. S. Atkinson. 55 typed
pages. Given by Mr. J. S. Atkinson, Elkin.
Records from the Bible of Edward Alston. 3 pages photo-copied.
Original in possession of Mrs. R. Hunt Parker, Raleigh.
Records from the McDonald and Carver family Bible. 4
pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. Dallas
Holloman, Raleigh.
Records from the family Bible of Henry Williams. 1 page
photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. R. Hunt Parker.
Raleigh.
State Department of Archives and History 59
Records from the family Bible of John Buxton Williams. 4
pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. R. Hunt
Parker, Raleigh.
The Weathershee Family. Compiled by Bertha Ann (Hub-bard)
Allen and Lenora Elizabeth (Weathersbee) Smith.
73 pages mimeographed. Given by Mrs. George F. Smith,
Jackson, Mississippi.
Records from the family Bible of William and J. C. Holmes.
5 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mr. Cullen
Blackman Hatch, Mount Olive.
Records from the family Bible of John D. Thompson. 6
pages photocopied. Loaned for photocopying by Miss Mary-belle
Delamar, Raleigh.
"Family Records of Henrietta Alberta Ratliffe and Jasper
New^ton Craig," by Marjorie Craig, 1955. 1 volume multicopied.
Given by Miss Jean Craige, Reidsville.
"Seale and Allied Families." By Ida Carrie Seale, R.N. 1
volume mimeographed. Given by Miss Ida Carrie Seale, Bay
Pines, Florida.
"Abstract of Deeds, Wake County, N. C. Volume "H,"
1787-1790. News Items of Golden Wedding Anniversaries,
Family Reunions and Birthdays, 1955." Compiled and copied
by Genealogical Committee, Casw^ell-Nash Chapter, D.A.R.,
Raleigh: Mrs. Frank H. Meece and Mrs. M. B. Birdseye,
January 10, 1956. Loose leaf binder typed. Given by Caswell-
Nash Chapter D.A. R., Raleigh.
The Reverend John Tillet Family History Including Allison
History and Wyche History. By Chai'les W. Allison. Bound
volume. Given by Mr. James Wyche Poole, Greensboro.
"List of Confederate Veterans and Wives (War 1861-
1865) Buried in North Carolina." 128 pages typed. Compiled
1954 by Mrs. John Scott Welborn, High Point and given by her.
6. Maps:
"Carte De La Partie Sud Des Etats Unis De L'Amerique
Septentrionale." Par M. Bonne Ingenieur Hydrographe de
la Marine. Andre' sculp. [1780]. 9^/4 in. x 14^/4 in. Printed.
Purchased from Argosy Book Stores, New York, N. Y.
"Reconaissance Erosion Survey of the State of North
Carolina." U. S. Department of Agricultui'e. Soil Conserva-tion
Service. H. H. Bennett, Chief, W. C. Lowdermilk, As-sociate
Chief. North Carolina Erosion Survey of 1934 by
W. D. Lee in charge, W. W. Stevens, E. P. Patrick. 28V4 in.
X 51 in. Printed. Given anonymously.
[Map of Raleigh] Respectfully Dedicated O. A. Buck M.C.E.
G. & W. Endicott, Lith. N. York. Undated. 4 pieces photo-
60 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
copied. Made from map in possession of the University of
North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
The following 4 maps were purchased from Argosy Book
Stores, New York, N. Y.:
"North and South Carolina." [1835] .... Colored. 12 in. x
15 in. Printed.
"A New Map of Nth. Carolina with Canals, Roads &
Distances .... Published by Thomas. Cowperthwait & Co.
. .... Philadelphia. [1854]. 131/2 in. x 17% in. Inset of "Gold
Region." Printed.
"(D No. 2) U. S. Coast Survey A. D. Bache Supt. Pre-liminary
Chart of Albemarle Sound North Carolina .....
1855." 11 ^^ in. X 221/2 in. Printed.
"(D No. 4) Preliminary Chart of Beaufort Harbor North
Carolina .... under the direction of A. D. Bache Superin-tendent
of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ....
1854." 23% in. x 30 V* in. Inset "Sketch of Lookout Bight."
Printed.
"Survey by James Moffatt, with map of 'Hayes' December
28, 1812." 16 in. x 18^/4 in. Photocopy. Original in possession
of the Southern Historical Collection, Hayes Collection No.
324, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
"Plan of the Field Battalion close Campton in South
America between the British under Gen. Lord Cornwallis
and the Americans under Command of Gen: Gates, who was
Totale Defeathet the 16 of August 1780. The Brittish Armee
was only 1944 Men, and the Armee of the Americans about
8000 men Strong, and the whole Battalion was over in about
3 Quarter of one Hour." 13^/4 in. x 18 ^/^ in. Photocopy. Given
by the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
"Survey of All the approaches to the City of Raleigh
Showing the line of Intrenchments made by order of His
Excellency Z. B. Vance Governor of the State of North
Carolina" Oct. 26th 1863 H. T. Guion Lt Col Arty &
Eng. 6 pieces photocopied. Purchased from the National
Archives, Washington, D. C.
The following 9 maps were copied from prints in possession
of Mr. David Cox, Sr., Hertford:
"North Carolina Bedford Quadrangle." Edition of June 1907.
U. S. Geological Survey. 17% in. x 20 y2 in. Photocopy.
"North Carolina Edenton Quadrangle." Edition of June
1904. U. S. Geological Survey. 17^/4 in. x 20^/2 in. Photocopy,
"North Carolina Hertford Quadrangle." Edition of Jan-uary
1906. U. S. Geological Survey. 17^/4 in. x 20% in. Photo-copy.
"Virginia-North Carolina Holland Quadrangle." Edition of
1920. U. S. Geological Survey. 17 in. x 20 ^^ in. Photocopy.
State Department of Archives and History 61
"Virginia-North Carolina Suffolk Quadrangle." Edition of
1919. U. S. Geological Survey. IT^A in. x 20y2 in. Photocopy.
"North Carolina Winton Quadrangle." Edition of June
1908. U. S. Geological Survey. 17^/4 in. x 20% in. Photocopy.
[Currituck Sound and environs] 2 pieces. No date. Photo-copy.
"Harvey's Neck" Perquimans County, N. C. 16 in. x 24 in.
No date. Photocopy.
[Currituck Sound and environs] 3 pieces. No date. Photo-copy.
"Map of Union County N. C." Drawn by C. M. Miller, C.E.
Salisbury, N. C. December 1907. 2 pieces photocopied. Made
from photocopy in the custody of Miss Clara Laney, Register
of Deeds, Monroe.
"Map of Charlotte North Carolina and Vicinity." Copy-right—
Interstate Publishing Co., Inc. Everett, Mass. 28 in.
X 37 in. Undated [1955]. Printed. Given by the Commercial
National Bank, Charlotte.
"North and South Carolina." Entered according to Act
of Congress in the year 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr.,
in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania. (Inset) "Charleston and Charles-ton
Harbor." 15 Vi in. x 22% in. Printed. Purchased from Mr.
Hughes Reynolds, Rome, Georgia.
"Plan of the Town of Newbern in Craven County, North
Carolina." Survey'd and Drawn in May 1769 by C, J, Sauthier.
22% in. x 18 in. Photocopy. Purchased from the Library of
Congress, Washington, D. C.
Map showing some Roads, Streams, Copper, Lead & Mines
in Eldorado Township, Montgomery County, N. C. April 1924.
N. M. Thayer C. S. 18 in. x 25 in. Photocopy. Loaned for copy-ing
by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead.
"A Plan of the Town of Lenoxville" Surveyed by Jonathan
Price, Esq. 15% in. x 12 Ve in. Photocopy. Original in posses-sion
of Mr. Winston Broadfoot, Wilmington.
"North Carolina" Illustrated with chronology of important
historical events. By Karl Smith, 1953. 22 V2 in. x 17 in. Print-ed.
Purchased from Mr. Karl Smith, Greensboro.
"Map of Wake County." Drawn by W. M. Sholar, Raleigh,
1885. Pen sketch on cloth. 43% in. x 44% in. Loaned by Mrs.
Virginia Hall, Wake Forest.
7. Microfilm :
Minute Book of the Town Commissioners of High Point,
North Carolina, 1859-1862. 1 roll. Original in custody of the
High Point Public Library, High Point.
William Little Collection. 1798-1866. Personal and business
62 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
papers of the Little Family. 64 pieces. Originals in posses-sion
of Mr. Hal Little, Wadesboro.
William Little Collection. Additional Little family papers,
1817-1863. Originals in possession of Mrs. M. R. McConnell,
Greensboro.
Spew Marrow Agricultural Club Papers. 1 roll. Purchased
from Mr. William G. Harkins, Librarian, College of William
and Mary Library, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Craven County Wills, 1757-1857. 1 roll. Originals in cus-tody
of the Register of Deeds, Craven County, New Bern.
Hugh Williamson Letters, 1778-1815. 1 roll. Purchased
from The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Montgomery County deeds, 1774-1807. 1 roll. Originals in
custody of the Register of Deeds of Montgomery County, Troy.
Davidson County Wills, May 1847-May 1868. 1 roll. Originals
in custody of the Clerk of Superior Court, Davidson County,
Lexington.
James and Thomas Ormond family births, deaths, and
marriages. 1 roll. Originals in possession of Mrs. W. J.
Richardson, Raleigh.
Farmer, Hardee, and Hill papers, 1760-1891. 1 roll. Orig-inals
in possession of Miss Rowena Tull, Kinston.
J. R. Coggin Papers, 1813-1847. Deeds, grants, receipts,
and estates papers. They also include Coggin, Crump, Taylor,
Harris, and Hearne papers. Montgomery County. 1 roll.
Originals loaned for microfilming by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback,
Mt. Gilead.
Minutes of the Lewis Fork Baptist Association, 1836-1870,
Wilkes County. 1 roll. Original loaned for microfilming by
Mr. T. E. Story, Wilkesboro, before being deposited in the
Wake Forest College Archives.
Diary of Col. Allen L. Fahnestock, 86th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry Volunteers, 1862-1865. 1 roll. Loaned to the Depart-ment
for microfilming by Mr. John R. Peacock, High Point.
Presumably loaned to Mr. Peacock by Peoria Public Library,
Peoria, Illinois.
Civil War Diary of Thomas A. Savage. 1 roll. Original
loaned by Rev. George Hill, Elizabeth City.
Wills and probates, 1849-1952. Forsyth County. 16 rolls.
Positive copies. Purchased from Mr. W. E. Church, Clerk
of Superior Court, Forsyth County, Winston-Salem.
Cemetery records of Olney Presbyterian Church, York Road,
Gaston County, N. C, and Goshen Presbyterian Church,
established in 1764. Compiled by the William Gaston Chap-ter,
D.A.R. 1 roll. Original list loaned for microfilming by
by Mrs. Kay Dixon, Gastonia.
Lilly Collection, 1785-1880. Family correspondence, account
State Department of Archives and History 63
books, deeds, and other miscellaneous papers. 1 roll. Originals
in possession of Miss Carrie Lilly, Mt. Gilead.
Edg-ecombe County Will Book B, 1772-1783. 1 roll. Original
in possession of Edgecombe County Clerk of Superior Court,
Tarboro.
8. Pamphlets
:
Speeches of Hon. Sam'l P. Carson and Gen. .James Blair,
House of Representatives, Feb. 27, 1833. "To the Freemen
of the 12th Congi-essional District" by Sam. P. Carson, Ashe-ville,
July 30, 1833, and letter to Mr. Carson from Nath'l
Macon, Buck Spring, February 9, 1833. Given by Mr. Mc-
Daniel Lewis, Greensboro.
The American Almanac, 1830-1838. 6 volumes. Given by
Mrs. Mary J. Rogers, Neuse.
"Summary Report of Educational Institutions Survey. Sy-nod
of North Carolina Presbyterian Church in the United
States." March, 1955. To be kept sealed for 10 years. Anony-mous
donor.
Remarks of Mr. Abraham Rencher, of North Carolina o7i
the Contested Election, between David Newland & James
Graham. March 18, 1836. House of Representatives. (Wash-ington
City: Elliot Printer.) 16 pages. Given by Mr. Mc-
Daniel Lewis, Greensboro.
9. Sound Reco)dings
:
"In Memorium" Governor William B. Umstead. 2 discs.
Given by Radio Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Monitor-Week Day's "Salute to Raleigh" February 19-25,
1956. 3 discs. Given by Mr. Richard Mason, Director of
WPTF, Raleigh.
"Betty Vaden Williams sings BALLADS for you." 1 disc.
Given by Mrs. Betty Vaden Williams, Raleigh.
10. War foi- Southern Independence:
Portion of a 1912 pension roll. 1 piece photocopied. Copy
of a letter to Dr. Jay McLean from Major General, USA,
May 3, 1953, relating to Daniel Alphin, Duplin County. 1
page typed. Given by Mrs. Jay McLean, Savannah, Georgia.
Muster Roll of 52nd Regiment, Company C, Confederate
States of America, April, 1862. 4 pieces. Given by Mrs. Sterl-ing
M. Gary, Halifax.
Register of the Confederate Dead, Interred in Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va. (Richmond: Gary, Clemmitt &
Jones Printers. 1869. Pp. 116.) Also "Service Record of
Robert Nelson Hall in the Army of C. S. A.," August 30,
64 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
1954. 1 typed page. Given by Mrs. Wm. R. Rickman, Rich-mond,
Virginia.
Paroled Prisoner's Pass of Captain B. F. Richardson,
Company F, 48th North Carolina Regiment. 1 piece photo-copied.
Given by Mr. O. L. Richardson, Monroe.
11. World War I Collection:
"List of men ordered to report to Rutherford County Local
Board for Military Duty, 1917-18." 1 volume. Given by Mr.
Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City.
12. Miscellaneous:
Ledger of Hill and Spiers, 1849-1857, Murfreesboro. 1
volume. Loaned by Mrs. J. D. Pearce, Raleigh.
"Tenth Census, Population, North Carolina, 1880." 25
bound volumes. Given by the National Archives, Washing-ton,
D. C.
Land Grant, No. 805, to Elisha Banner and John Martin,
Stokes County, May 15, 1801. Given by Mr. Will R. Kiger,
Mt. Airy.
Democratic Executive Committee records, 1938-1944; Amer-ican
Legion records; Legislative and Political files. 16 cu. ft.
Not to be serviced for 10 years. Given by Honorable R.
Gregg Cherry, Gastonia.
Land Grant to Jesse Moore, Rockingham County. Undated
photocopy. Original in possession of Mars Hill College, Mars
Hill.
Land Grant No. 1, from the State of North Carolina to
John McKnitt Alexander and William Sharpe, December 10,
1778 with survey of the land in Burke County. Given through
Mrs. Wilbur A. Osterling, Moorestown, N. J., daughter of
Mrs. Charles E. Wood, Washington, D. C.
Land Grant of Richard Graves, Bath County, April 17,
1724. 1 piece. Given by Mrs. E. A. Evans, Miami, Florida.
Legislative Papers. "Report of Committee of Privileges
and Elections on the Case of Thomas Bowen Esq." November
27, 1812. 2 pages. Given by Dr. James W. Patton, University
of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
League of Women Voters records. Raleigh League Files,
1948-1953. 1 fibredex box. Given by the League of Women
Voters of Raleigh.
League of Women Voters records. Greensboro League
Files, 1947-1953. 2 fibredex boxes. Given by the Greensboro
League of Women Voters, Guilford College.
League of Women Voters records. North Carolina League.
Voters Service Files, 1952-1953. V2 fibredex box. Given by
Mrs. T. C. Karnes, Winston-Salem.
State Department of Archives and History 65
League of Women Voters records. Dui-ham League Files,
1947-1953. 2 fibredex boxes. Given by Durham League of
Women Voters, Durham.
League of Women Voters records. State League Files,
1951-1954. 2% fibredex boxes. Given by the League of Women
Voters, Chapel Hill.
Wake County League of Women Voters records. Minutes,
1921. 1 volume. Given by Mrs. Harriet B. Shearon, Raleigh.
"The Lost Citadel," by Alexander Mathis. Maps and orig-inal
manuscript. 424 typed pages. Given by Mrs. Martha B.
Mathis, Jacksonville, Florida.
Political sketch of Cameron Morrison used by Frank P.
Graham in preparing his speech for presentation of Morrison's
portrait in the State Capitol. 9 typed pages. Given by Mr.
William H. Richardson, Raleigh.
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs. Scrapbook,
Vivace Music Club. Organized 1949, Raleigh, North Caro-lina.
1 volume. Given by the Vivace Music Club, Raleigh.
Queens College. Material relating to the Male and Female
Academy Corporation. 2 pieces photocopied. Given by Miss
Rena C. Harrell, Charlotte.
Land grant of Thomas Maxwell, October 10, 1783, Row^an
County. 2 pieces. Given by Miss Mary Heitman, Mocksville.
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Papers. Affidavit of Albert
Johnson, Superintendent of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad,
in support of claim against the United States Government
for service rendered by that railroad in 1865. 2 pieces. Given
by the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Univer-sity
of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, Inc., records. Various reports of President,
Treasurer, Committee Chairmen, State Directors, and other
papers, 1950-1954. Loaned by Mrs. Mollie Harrell, Custodian
of Records, Raleigh.
IL New Materials:
1. Personal Collections:
Mrs. John Bell Paper. Letter from James Kenneday, Feb-ruary
25, 1795, to his Mother [Sarah], Mrs. John Bell. 1
page photocopied. Given by Mr. Asher A. Howell, New
Brunswick, New Jersey.
John B. Burwell Letter. Letter from Burwell, February
13, 1860, to [John Spragins], 4 pages photocopied. Given by
Miss Rena Harrell, Queens College Library, Charlotte.
Atlas Cochran Collection. Records relating to M. A. Coch-ran.
Data pertaining to the town of Lawrenceville. Militia
records of Montgomery County. Plats and surveys of D. D.
66 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
DeBerry. Records of C. C. and W. T. Wade. Records con-cerning
gold mines. 1816-1935. Approximately 3 cu. ft. Loaned
by Mr. Atlas C. Cochran, Star, through Col. Jeffrey F. Stan-back,
Mt. Gilead.
Colonel Joseph Cathey Papers. Correspondence and other
business papers, 1802-1900; 1 Day Book, 1851, 1852; and
marriage certificate of William Cathey and Catherine Turner,
July 22, 1800, Buncombe County. Approximately Va cu. ft.
Given by Mrs. Lelia Welch, Waynesville.
Bessie C. Carmen Collection. Age book, deed, affidavit,
letter. Approximately % cu. ft. Loaned by Miss Bessie C.
Carmen, New Bern.
Thurmond Chatham Collection. North Carolina Under the
Lords Proprietors. Original documents to Governor Stephens
and Governor Carteret, 1664-1674. 27 documents and letters.
Given by Honorable Thurmond Chatham, Elkin.
Cobb-Whitfield Papers. Account books, letters, petitions,
and other material relating to the Grange and Farmers'
Alliance, 1873-1906. Approximately V^ cu. ft. Bequeathed
to this Department by Miss Bettie Junie Whitfield, Kinston,
and transferred by Miss Hattie Lou Whitfield, Kinston.
J. W. Harrelson Papers. Merit System Council papers,
1941; correspondence and minutes. 1 folder. Given by Col.
J. W. Harrelson, State College, Raleigh.
Henry Potter Collection. Correspondence and other papers
relating to Western lands in Tennessee, 1795-1949. Ap-proximately
1/8 cu. ft. Given by Mr. John P. Stedman, Lum-berton.
Mrs. J. Guy Penny Collection. Letter from William H.
Tripp, Raleigh, October 31, 1852, to Araminta C. Guilford,
Washington, N. C. 4 pages. Letter from Araminta C. Guil-ford,
Oak Grove, November 14, 1852, to William H. Tripp,
Raleigh. 4 pages. Given by Mrs. J. Guy Penny, Garner.
James Patterson Letter. Letter from Hon. Richard Stan-ford,
Member of Congress from Hillsboro District, Wash-ington
City, February 26, 1803, to James Patterson, Hillsboro.
5 pages typed copy. Given by Mr. Charles W. Stanford,
Chapel Hill.
Honorable Edwin W. Pou Papers. Letters from leading-national
figures, 1915-1933. 1 bound volume. Given by Mr.
Edwin W. Pou, Raleigh.
Abram Rencher Papers. Addresses, letter and a few other
papers, 1821. Approximately 1/10 cu. ft. Given by Mrs.
Julien Wood, Edenton.
Quinlan-Monroe Lumber Company, 1901-1914 Papers. Ac-count
books, 24 volumes; letter books, 18 volumes; and loose
papers, approximately % cu. ft. Given by Mrs. Christopher
State Department of Archives and History 67
Crittenden, Raleigh; Miss Betsy Lane Quinlan, Waynesville;
and Mrs. George Seaborn, Portsmouth, Virginia.
John N[icholson] Washington Collection. Typed copy of
letter from John N. Washington, December 18, 1847, to Miss
Sally V. Emery. 2 pages. Also typed copy of letter from
Maude M. Washington, Brooklyn, N. Y., July 10, 1955, to
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher, Edenton. 1 page. Given by Mrs. Inglis
Fletcher, Edenton.
Mrs. Thomas H. Webb Collection. Three letters from Janie
S[mith], Bladen County, April 12, 1865, February 15, 1875,
and October 25, 1875, to her family. Affidavit signed by
Sarah P. Hardee, Historian, Chicora Chapter, U.D.C., Dunn.
Approximately 1/10 cu. ft. Given by Mrs. Thomas H. Webb,
Concord.
APPENDIX IX
Services Rendered By The Division of Archives and Manuscripts
1954-1956
State Visits in Person Request for Genealogical
and Telephone Calls Information by Mail
183
53
95
176
32
23
3
139
156
Georgia 100 276
Idaho 9 21
Illinois 28 130
Indiana 14 87
lovira 15 56
Kansas 13 47
Kentucky 31 65
Louisiana 50 202
Maine 4 2
Maryland 6 46
Massachusetts 5 8
Michigan 10 31
Minnesota 2 5
Mississippi 44 251
Missouri 11 87
Montana 5
Nebraska 6 27
Nevada 3
Alabama
Arizona
68 Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 26 28
New Mexico 29
New York 25 68
North Carolina 4,512 718
North Dakota 1
Ohio 12 39
Oklahoma 2 79
Oregon 6 46
Pennsylvania 31 30
Rhode Island 1 1
South Carolina 57 143
South Dakota 2 2
Tennessee 109 227
Texas 105 454
Utah 15 39
Vermont
Virginia 133 214
Washington 26
West Virginia 9 13
Wisconsin 10
Wyoming 7
Alaska 1
Canada 3
Cuba 1
England 8
Germany 3
Hawaii 1
South Africa 1
TOTAL 5,640* 4,400
Historians Connected with
Colleges and Universities 93 26
Students 205 12
Historians not Connected with
Colleges and Universities .... 169 47
Legal 48 7
Miscellaneous 241 20
Genealogical Workers 4,884 4,288
TOTAL 5,640 4,400
In person and by telephone 5,640
By mail 4,400
TOTAL 10,040
* Of this number 5,398 were registered visitors and 242 were
telephone requests.
State Department of Archives and History 69
APPENDIX X
Number of Visits to Search Room for Each Biennium, 1928-1956
1928-1930 2,859
1930-1932 3,259
1932-1934 2,666
1934-1936 2,999
1936-1938 3,423
1938-1940 3,918
1940-1942 4,253
1942-1944 2,318
1944-1946 3,341
1946-1948 5,105
1948-1950 6,042
1950-1952 5,749
1952-1954 5,402
1954-1956 5,398
APPENDIX XI
Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits to Search Room
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Mars Hill College
Meredith College
University of Mississippi
University of Nebraska
University of Alabama
Birmingham-Southern College
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
Columbia University
Davidson College
Duke University
Emory University
Fayetteville State Teachers'
College
University of Florida
Florida State University
University of Georgia
University of Houston
University of Idaho
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Louisiana State University
North Carolina State College
North Carolina College, Durham
University of North Carolina
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
University of Pittsburgh
Shepherd College
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee
University of Texas
Vanderbilt University
Wake Forest College
West Georgia College
Western Reserve University
University of Wisconsin
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina
APPENDIX XII
Topics of Research Being Pursued by Visitors to Search Room,
1954-1956
Guerrilla Tactics during the
Revolution
William P. Johnson, Elder Brother
of President Andrew Johnson
History of Washington County,
Tennessee
Zebulon B. Vance
Career of Charles Griffin in North
Carolina in the 18th Century
History of National Intelligencer
Public Opinion in the Confeder-acy
History of Hookerton
Willie P. Mangum
Life of Thomas Wolfe
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Biography of Rev. Luke Grady,
Sr., Negro Representative in the
North Carolina Legislature
from New Hanover County, and
School Teacher
Joseph Seawell Jones
Biography of William H. Thomas
Revolutionary Soldiers of Gaston
County
History of Wendell
History of Confederate States'
Navy
Southern Colonies in the 18th
Century. Volume II of History
of the South Series
History of Pine Level
Lafayette's Tour of North Caro-lina
History of Dobbs County
History of Tennessee Baptists
State Bank of Alabama
Washington Peace Conference of
1861—Reid a Delegate
Biography of Goethiel Schober
The Suffrage Issue in American
History, 1763-1860
Biography of W. R. King
Cotton Mill Industry in North
Carolina before the Civil War
History of Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad
Religion in the Confederacy
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
Outer Banks of North Carolina
History of Harnett County
History of Scotland County
History of Roads in North Caro(
lina
History of Wayne County
History of Franklin County
Dueling in North Carolina
Early Education Legislation
North Carolina Medical History
John Gray Blount
History of the Ram Albemarle
History of Yadkin County
Role of the State Legislature in
the Confederacy
Confederate Chaplains
History of North Carolina
Literary Fund
Ux'ban Raleigh
Christ Church Rectory
Dorothea Dix
Life of Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee,
C. S. A.
Biography of D. H. Hill
The Speaking of Zebulon B. Vance
Biography of Dr. John William
Mallet
Papers of Alexander Hamilton
Biography of E. C. Brooks
History of Education in Nash
County
Colonial Florida, 1565-1603
Letters of Ralph Izard, 1742-1804
The Administration of Governor
R. B. Glenn
History of North Carolina School
Transportation
Development of Negro Education
in Iredell County
Public Domain, Tennessee
Biography of James Allen Seddon
Letters and Documents of
Lewis Cass (1782-1866)
Railroads in North Carolina,
1865-1876
Proprietary Government in North
Carolina
State Department of Archives and History 71
APPENDIX XIII
Services Rendered by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts
Restoration and Copying
Quaitei- Ending
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The following departments brought records into the Records Center:
Industrial Commission Board of Paroles
Department of Revenue State Board of Education
Department of Motor Vehicles State Board of Health
Employment Security Commission
For the four quarters for which complete figures are available,
1,396.6 cubic feet of records were disposed of and 1,783.8 cubic feet
of records were admitted. During these four quarters, a total of 693
visits were made to the Records Center by employees of various state
agencies needing information from the records filed at the Records
Center.
APPENDIX XVI
Partial List of North Carolina Counties Served by the Division
OF Archives and Manuscripts, 1954-1956
Caswell Montgomery
Davidson Pasquotank
Duplin Person
Halifax Pitt
Harnett Rowan
Henderson Rutherford
Hertford Sampson
Lincoln Surry
Mecklenburg
APPENDIX XVII
New Historical Markers Approved During the Biennium
District A: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford,
Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties
:
4-H Club (site of first in N. C), Hertford County
Scotch Hall (setting for novel, early house), Bertie County
James Iredell, Jr. (home, grave), Chowan County
District B: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington
counties:
Lake Company (early drainage works), Washington County
C. C. Cambreleng (site of birthplace), Beaufort County
District C: Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties:
District D: Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender coun-ties:
William S. Ashe (home), Pender County
Adam Empie, D. D. (grave), New Hanover County
Rose Greenhow (grave), New Hanover County
State Department of Archives and History 73
District E: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and
Warren counties
:
P. T. Barnum (site), Nash County-
Independence (site of "Halifax Resolves"), Halifax County
John White (home), Warren County
District F: Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson coun-ties:
District G : Alamance, Casvv^ell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person,
and Vance counties
:
William B. Umstead (birthplace, grave), Durham County
Bethesda Church (site), Caswell County
Cane Creek Meeting (site), Alamance County
Robert Paine (birthplace), Person County
Moses A. Curtis (site). Orange County
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site (2 units), Alamance
County
Battle of Alamance (map marker), Alamance County
District H: Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake counties:
Willis Smith (home, grave). Wake County
North Carolina Dental Society (site). Wake County
District I : Bladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, and Scot-land
counties:
Sherman's March (site, building), Hoke County
James Lytch (site), Scotland County
State Sanatorium (buildings), Hoke County
District J: Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, and Stokes counties:
Deep River Meeting (site), Guilford County
Wm. Cyrus Briggs (site), Forsyth County
Centre Friends Meeting (site), Guilford County
Levi Coifin (birthplace), Guilford County
Wachovia Museum (building), Forsyth County
High Point College, Guilford County
Bethabara (site, building), Forsyth County
O. P. Fitzgerald (birthplace), Rockingham County
District K : Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and
Richmond counties:
District L: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union coun-ties:
Wingate Junior College, Union County
Catawba College, Rowan County
District M: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie. Iredell, Surry,
Wilkes, and Yadkin counties:
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"Fort Hamby" (site), Wilkes County
District N: Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga,
and Yancey counties
:
Frontier Fort (site), McDowell County
Swannanoa Gap, McDowell County
Davenport College (site), Caldwell County
District O: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Ruther-ford
counties:
Clyde R. Hoey (home and grave), Cleveland County
Dallas (town), Gaston County
Catawba College (site), Catawba County
District P: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Transyl-vania
counties:
Swannanoa Tunnel, Buncombe County
District Q : Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain
counties:
APPENDIX XVIII
Ceremonies at the Unveiling of Historical Markers
Title of Marker
Rutherford College
Guernsey Cattle
Flat Rock
John Branch
Joseph Dickson
James Hogun
Monroe's Crossroads
and
Edenborough Medical
College
Wingate Junior College
Sherman's March
James W. Cannon
Place and County
Rutherford College
Burke County
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Hendersonville
Henderson County
Enfield
Halifax County
Gaston County
Hobgood
Halifax County
Raeford
Hoke County
Wingate
Union County
Raeford
Hoke County
Mecklenburg County
Date of Unveiling
July 31, 1954
August 26, 1954
August 29, 1954
September 9, 1954
October 16, 1954
November 30, 1954
March 11, 1955
May 28, 1955
August 14, 1955
October 26, 1955
State Department of Archives and History 75
APPENDIX XIX
Registration at the Hall of History by State
AND Foreign Country, 1954-1956
From the United States
Alabama 69
Arizona 2
Arkansas 10
California 77
Colorado 13
Connecticut 25
Delaware 7
Florida 127
Georgia 109
Idaho 9
Illinois 66
Indiana 25
Iowa 23
Kansas 19
Kentucky 33
Louisiana 23
Maine 7
Maryland 49
Massachusetts 64
Michigan 59
Minnesota 22
Mississippi 26
Missouri 23
Montana 2
Nebraska 12
Nevada 6
New Hampshire 6
New Jersey 52
New Mexico 6
New York 191
North Carolina 85,084
North Dakota 3
Ohio 77
Oklahoma 15
Oregon 13
Pennsylvania 129
Rhode Island 8
South Carolina 85
South Dakota 2
Tennessee 69
Texas 89
Utah 18
Virginia 250
Washington 30
West Virginia 27
Wisconsin 34
Wyoming 3
District of Columbia 28
Total 87,126
From United States Territories and Foreign Countries
Alaska 4 France
Argentina 5 Germany
Austria 3 Greece
Belgium 1 Guam
Bolivia 2 Hawaii
Brazil 1 Holland
Burma 1 India
Canada 31 Iran
China 2 Iraq
Cuba 15 Ireland
Denmark 2 Israel
Egypt 1 Japan
El Salvador 1 Korea
England 11 Latvia
Finland 1 Luxembourg
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Mexico 3 Spain 1
New Zealand 1 Sweden 1
Nicaragua 1 Thailand 2
Norway 1 Turkey 2
Pakistan 1 Venezuela 2
Philippines 7
Puerto Rico 3 Total 145
Scotland 2
Southern Rhodesia 1 Grand Total 87,271
Sin